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    February 1

    How do I delete my Questions which have been answered?

    How do I delete my Questions which have been answered? DaveD David Desmond (talk) 00:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Typically, they are not deleted, but archived, in case others have the same questions. 331dot (talk) 00:20, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    As a courtesy, it is a good idea to add a {{resolved}} template -- which renders as:
    Resolved
    —2606:A000:1126:28D:0:98F2:CFF6:1782 (talk) 04:42, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Potternewton

    Ref number 36 needs a title which is the death i.e Obituary of Mrs Anne Greenhow (née Lupton) - but I cannot re-place it in the citation. Please, please assist if you can and thanks. 123.3.220.144 (talk) 06:40, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, I've added the title to the reference :) --IrnBruFan7 (talk) 08:00, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    username and password

    My username was created by Wiki but now it says it is not recognised. I want to change my password but cannot see where this can be done. Failing this will result in me terminating my support and membership of Wikimedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kfoto48 (talk • contribs) 09:51, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The link to change your password is at Special:Preferences, accessible from the "Preferences" link at the top of every Wikipedia page. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    You are logged in so I'm not sure what you mean. If you mean that User:Kfoto48 says "Wikipedia does not have a user page with this exact title" then it does not mean your username is not recognised. It just means you haven't created a user page for your account. This is optional and many users have no user page. You may need a working password to set a new password. If you don't have a working pasword then you can use Special:PasswordReset. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Not helpful at all. So will not be contributing anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.10.115.68 (talk) 15:48, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    So it's our fault you don't understand basic login principles? Well, good riddance, then.
    Your user name is Kfoto48.
    PrimeHunter told you how to reset your password.
    That was helpful and for you to say otherwise is ungrateful to the point of trolling. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:50, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Naming conventions for articles about churches

    Hi - is there a naming convention for church articles. I'm specifically interested in whether an article is better named as:

    • Church of St Mary, Xtown or
    • St Mary's Church, Xtown?

    I've had a look but am unable to locate specific guidance on this issue. Thanks. KJP1 (talk) 12:18, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    What does the church call itself? Try their website or noticeboard. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:22, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    It's less about that, and more about a consistent approach. I'm interested in these articles, Grade I listed buildings in Monmouthshire and Grade II* listed buildings in Monmouthshire, where both approaches have been taken by editors, including myself! If there's not a convention, no worries, I shall go for consistency. KJP1 (talk) 12:28, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Is consistency more important than accuracy? I can see a problem where the church uses one form and Cadw another though. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 12:59, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not sure it's a question of accuracy, more one of style. St Cadoc's Church, Raglan, and the Church of St Cadoc, Raglan, are both accurate, they're just different ways of styling the church. KJP1 (talk) 13:38, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


    No official naming convention has ever been established, although there have been sporadic attempts. The best-documented example I can find is Wikipedia:Naming conventions (architecture)#Places of worship (churches, monasteries, cathedrals, abbeys), which is marked as Inactive and has Essay status. Summarising the main points from that:

    1. Saint or dedication name first: "St. Mary's Church, Preston Park" rather than "Church of St. Mary, Preston Park"
    2. For saint dedications, use "St." instead of "St" or "Saint"
    3. "Entity" name (Church, Abbey, Chapel etc.) capitalised: "Bethel Chapel, Guildford", rather than "Bethel chapel, Guildford"
    4. Location disambiguator should follow a comma: "Christ Church, Ore" rather than "Christ Church (Ore)", "Ore, Christ Church", "Christ Church Ore" etc.

    I have been writing church articles for about 10 years. In my experience, point (1) has gone through cycles where "Church of ..." has been preferred and then "... Church" has been preferred. It seems that "... Church" has become established as the preference (it is also my preference). Point (2), I think, no longer applies: it seems that "St" without dot has become the de facto standard, and indeed I seem to remember a lot of page moves were made some time ago to move articles with "St." to "St" (certainly on British church articles). Points (3) and (4) are still broadly followed, and I go by these conventions.

    Obviously there are some subtleties and sensible exceptions: for example, for the many Roman Catholic churches dedicated to Our Lady + suffix, the form e.g. "Our Lady of the Assumption's Church, Bosham" would be ungainly at best (and would never be used in practice) and either "Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Bosham" or simply "Our Lady of the Assumption, Bosham" would be better.

    Hope that helps a bit. If there is interest in reviving and potentially introducing a formal naming convention, I would be interested in helping. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:31, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hassocks5489 - very helpful indeed and good to hear from you. Hope you're keeping well. I suspected there wasn't a formal policy, but it's very useful to have it confirmed. As to whether there should be, while I think it would be helpful, I have grave doubts it would get off the ground. And the renaming exercise would be considerable. Interestingly, I prefer Church of X to X Church, so we don't even agree! All the best. KJP1 (talk) 13:43, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    KJP1, FWIW, our churches with FA status all use "St Whatever, Wherever" as the name style Jimfbleak - talk to me? 16:45, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Just for fun, consider the naming issues in The Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Rochester! For that matter, many non-conformist churches and chapels do not have a dedication and are simply known as "<place> <sect> Church"; as a random example take Bingham Methodist Church Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:11, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Jimfbleak - Jim - many thanks, that’s useful to bear in mind. KJP1 (talk) 17:59, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I've also been thinking about this for a while and some time ago I started putting together a very sketchy idea for a proposal in this sandpit. To boil it down, I think the convention for churches in the UK should follow the pattern St John's Church, Johnston. (Wikipedia seems to prefer "St." to "St" for anything American. No firm thoughts on how to do it for other English-speaking countries.) This is the more concise style, and I think most other dedications should follow along the same lines – i.e. All Saints' Church, All Souls' Church, Holy Cross Church, Holy Trinity Church... If this starts to become unnatural – mainly for longer dedications – then I agree Hassocks above about switching to "Church of...", e.g. in Church of St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, Preston. Ham II (talk) 15:25, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    information

    I have viewed this written content on the Hungarian history and wish to state that it needs the information that had been passed down to me by the family. How do I do this — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.249.143.50 (talk) 13:26, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Information on Wikipedia needs to come from reliable, published, sources. See WP:RS, WP:OR and WP:V. Information passed down through your family would not meet those criteria, so any contributions based on that would be deleted. Matt Deres (talk) 13:32, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Request Edit to: Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series)

    Thunderbirds tv series was originally aired in England in the 1960's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9001:3C00:E00:9EC:EFF3:3464:D0CD (talk) 13:46, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello! The great thing about Wikipedia is that if you notice an error, you can fix it!. However, in this specific case, thast fact is mentioned in the first sentence of the Background section. So as far as I can see, nothing needs to be done. If you think something more needs to be done, you can ask here again, or on the article talk page, or you can fix it yourself. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 13:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Navy Federal Credit Union

    Navy Federal Credit Union's Wikipedia page states that the credit union is headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida; however, this is factually incorrect. The credit union is headquartered in Vienna, Virginia.

    Navy Federal Credit Union

    76.100.38.159 (talk) 16:32, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Done - I changed this detail and added a source. One minor point: please post future edit requests at the article's talkpage Talk:Navy Federal Credit Union. Thank you for pointing this out. GermanJoe (talk) 17:36, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Restricting edits in user manual wiki.

    The software, many of us are using,lacks both a complete user manual and a hints page. I would like to start one but have a problem with editing by people who do not know the ins and outs of the software. This is realized by some posts to the forum page that have erroneous information.

    Is there a way one person to coordinate and restrict the individual edits? Thank you. 17:12, 1 February 2019 (UTC)~~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Knotian (talk • contribs)

    Knotian It's not entirely clear what you're asking about. Are you asking for help editing Wikipedia? Help running a website using MediaWiki software? Or about one of our articles? As far as I can see, this edit to the help desk is the only edit you've made on Wikipedia. ~ ONUnicorn(Talk|Contribs)problem solving 18:18, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Altering an image

    Wikipedia is using two graphs that have a mistake in them. They are https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Costcurve_-_Marginal_Cost_2.svg and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_curve#/media/File:Costcurve_-_Combined.svg In both cases the vertical axis is labeled “Price”, whereas it should be labeled “$”.

    How do I get this fixed? (I have no imaging skills, and I can’t figure out how to ask on the author’s Commons talk page; in any event, I think the author hasn’t edited for over six months, so he’s probably not checking his talk page any more.) Loraof (talk) 18:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Loraof: You can download the image and edit the text, either using an svg editor or a text editor. However, using "$" as a label does seem a bit US-centric, maybe "Cost" would be better. Danski454 (talk) 22:31, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Best citation template for documents filed in federal district court case?

    I'm a longtime Wikipedian, but I haven't been a very active editor in the past decade or so, and my citation skills have gotten a bit rusty. I'm wanting to update a BLP article, and use as a source a sworn declaration the article's subject gave as an expert witness in a federal court case: specifically, the declarations of Daniel W. Smith, entered as evidence here and here, as well as the judge's decision, which referred to "the exceptionally credible declaration of Daniel Smith". But I'm not a lawyer, and I don't know the best template or format to use to cite documents used in a court case, or court decisions. Does anybody have any pointers? —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:03, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Josiah Rowe: I'm not expert on citations, but I think {{Cite_court}} may be what you want. RudolfRed (talk) 19:14, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! I think that will do. If anybody else has a better suggestion, please let me know, but for now I think this is {{resolved}}. Thanks! —Josiah Rowe (talk • contribs) 19:19, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved

    Help me!

    Hi I just started to edit the subject Leather, I made 19 edits and none is shown in the Leather. The 19 edits show in my Contributions list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather

    Guapotan (talk) 19:22, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Your edits were undone because they were poorly written and unsourced. See WP:Verifiability. Ruslik_Zero 19:28, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi - can someone please update the Astralwerks page to use the new logo? https://shop.astralwerks.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolee2492 (talk • contribs) 19:54, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Astralwerks (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
    Convenience link. †dismas†|(talk) 20:34, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


    Also adding in the new official bio if we can add: Source: https://www.linkedin.com/company/astralwerks/ Established in New York City and now finding its new home in the historical Capitol Records Tower in Los Angeles , Astralwerks was the brainchild of staffers at Caroline Records who saw an opportunity for a label focused on the emerging electronic and ambient scene.

    Having reached a milestone of 25 years, Astralwerks has quickly become a modern, artist-first label with a true focus on nurturing talent across the electronic genre and beyond. Acting with a scalable, independent and global thinking mentality with the capability to tap into the resources of a major label, has allowed the label to retain and sign burgeoning artists such as Marshmello, Illenium, Jonas Blue, Alison Wonderland, EDEN, Sigma and Axwell /\ Ingrosso.

    As a testament to this pioneering approach, Astralwerks has amassed 30 GRAMMY nominations, taken home six GRAMMY Awards and have had historic releases to date from the likes of The Chemical Brothers, Swedish House Mafia, Halsey, Porter Robinson, Phoenix, Eric Prydz, Fatboy Slim and many more. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolee2492 (talk • contribs) 20:36, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Unfortunately, Nicolee2492, the promotional tone of that text is entirely unsuitable for an objective encyclopedia, as is usually the case for publicity material. Wikipedia maintains a neutral point of view, and may utilise information supplied by the subject of an article (typically from its website or publications) to corroborate minor uncontroversial facts, like current names, addresses, and dates, but the substantial bulk of an article must be based on and cited to material published by independent third parties who are regarded as Reliable sources.
    If you have information you would like added to (or removed from) an article for which you have a conflict of interest, you are welcome to place a request on its Talk page so that a disinterested editor can assess it. You should also make a declaration on your User page* of being a paid editor regarding any article from whose subject you receive a salary or other form of renumeration.
    (* You have not yet activated your User page, but you can do so merely by clicking on your red signature and then typing something.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.217.251.247 (talk) 23:25, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Can you please update the profile image to the new logo?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.249.90.65 (talk) 19:51, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    IP vandalism

    Hi, if vandalism from an IP account is reverted, can a vandalism warning template be placed on the IP address Talk page? thanks - Epinoia (talk) 21:08, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I don't see why not, as long as you are sure it's vandalism, as defined by the guidelines Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types of vandalism. Keep in mind that IP addresses may be shared, and the message may not be read by the intended person. I've gotten warning alerts when visiting Wikipedia on my cell phone but those go away once I log in. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 21:20, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    It's up to you whether or not you want to leave them. If the vandalism is old, then warning the IP probably won't be read by whoever performed the vandalism since that IP address will probably have been reassigned to someone else. Occasionally the Help Desk here will see questions from people saying "Why am I being told I vandalized Wikipedia when I only just came here for the first time?" Unless a vandal is active right at the time I'm leaving the warning, I normally don't bother warning anyone. †dismas†|(talk) 21:31, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


    February 2

    Trying to upload picture and I have permission. Please help.

    I need to upload a picture for an article I’m working on (Draft:Vader Episode I: Shards of the Past). I asked the creator (Star Wars Theory) via email if I could use/upload the picture for the article, and he said yes. I need to know how I can upload the picture having the creator’s consent.
    - Stinkyjaden (talk) 00:27, 2 February 2019 (UTC)Stinkyjaden[reply]

    You can upload it, but the creator has to send a permission email directly to Wikipedia. Without this permission, it will soon be deleted. Here's more info. Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries To upload, you click on the left where it says Upload file and go from there. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 00:55, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Stage work in "Filmography"

    Sofia Coppola directed a live stage work which is currently listed in the Filmography section which seems inaccurate; is there a more inclusive title -- something like Works -- that's generally used instead.? NE Ent 11:25, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello NE Ent. Yes, "Works" would be a good title, divided into Films, Plays, etc. You can see the full guidelines, with suggested layouts, at Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists of works.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:00, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    vandalism

    somehow the existing mutual cds of  funky taurus with 3x grammy winner  george clinton cannot be mentioned because funky taurus is erased.  could you please help to get the funky taurus page working?

    regards, funky taurus — Preceding unsigned comment added by The original Funky Taurus (talk • contribs) 15:16, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @The original Funky Taurus: An article in respect of Funky Taurus was deleted (for the second time) as a result of this discussion. He is mentioned in the George Clinton (musician) page. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Also, your heading 'vandalism' is a little misleading. Eagleash (talk) 15:37, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Lock on page

    To whom it may concern:

    Recently, someone has been vandalizing the page Lunden De’Leon. I own the page and have deleted their comments but they keep returning. Please put a lock on the page so only myself can edit it. I would truly appreciate your immediate attention.

    Best, Madison Lee Username: 2Lunden — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2lunden (talk • contribs) 15:53, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    2lunden No one "owns" any page on Wikipedia, they belong to the community; see WP:OWN. You attempted to remove the template indicating a deletion discussion is in progress; this is not permitted while the discussion is progressing. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion with your reasons(preferably based in Wikipedia guidelines) as to why the page should not be deleted. You are also mislabeling your edit summaries as "fixing typos". 331dot (talk) 15:56, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    The page currently has no reliable sources (the only possible valid source gives a 404 error), so it is likely to be deleted unless WP:Reliable sources are added. There has been no vandalism on the page. What connection do you have with the subject? Your username suggests a connection. Your persistence in removing the discussion notice, and making false edit summaries will not help your case for keeping the article. Dbfirs 19:09, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it okay for me to make this edit? I believe the source is not self-published and is independent from the IACC

    This edit in particular: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Interagency_Autism_Coordinating_Committee&action=edit&undoafter=881215968&undo=881355632

    This edit was undone by Special:Contributions/1.152.107.219. Unfortunately, I believe I know who this person is, and he likes to repeatedly undo edits that he wants to undo, without justification. Hoping to get validation from the Help desk.

    Ylevental (talk) 16:16, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ylevental: This is a content dispute. Start by discussing it on the atricle's talk page. It you cannot reach a consensus there, then proceed as outlined at WP:DISPUTE. If you have questions about the process, come back here. -Arch dude (talk) 16:30, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    ID is MANDATORY FOR GERMAN CHARTS

    On pages with German music chart positions the above message is showing in red text. The following is an example of the wiki-text {{singlechart|Germany2|23|artist=KC & The Sunshine Band|song=Give It Up}}. Deleting '2' from after Germany, removes the message. Is there a good reason why this is happening? Red Jay (talk) 17:32, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    If you read Template:Single chart you'll see that the "Germany2" option needs an additional "id" parameter to index into the relevant entry in the charts. --David Biddulph (talk) 17:50, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. I'll try to get my head around it. Red Jay (talk) 18:05, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Repeated vandalism on Uri

    This page was recently removed from protection and is again facing vandalism -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uri:_The_Surgical_Strike — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:1408:F2FB:805B:3C29:625F:484 (talk) 18:03, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I like to create the autobiography for my self.

    please kindly send me the easy way of writing the autobiography on wikipedia thanks shah ahad — Preceding unsigned comment added by SHAHAHAD80 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    (edit conflict) There is no easy way! It is very difficult to write about yourself in an encyclopaedic style using only WP:Reliable sources. You know too much about yourself that will probably not be allowed in the article. Please read WP:Autobiography. Dbfirs 19:21, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Year of publication?

    Here is this book The Palgrave Handbook of Anarchism, Editors: Levy, Carl, Adams, Matthew (Eds.) [1] Year of publication is not defined, but as you can read, year of Copyright is 2019. Within the book, there is no "publication year". Instead: "© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019". According to google-books: "Originally published: June 22, 2018". But google-books is a third party, I haven't seen 2018 being mentioned anywhere in the book. So, when I am about to use the book as a source, which year should I use, 2018 or 19? Thanks, Cinadon36 (talk) 20:06, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks friends, Nyttend, I thing worldCat will sort it out. cheers. Cinadon36 (talk) 22:09, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Featured portal?

    Is there a reason Portal:Geography has a featured image star on it? Is it because it has only featured images being displayed?×104.249.231.15 (talk) 23:22, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    It looks as if the star has been accidentally included along with the caption of a featured picture, probably File:Hohenzollernbrücke Köln.jpg. Certes (talk) 23:36, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    February 3

    Changing Belle Linksy to Belle Linsky

    The page named Belle Linksy has misspelled the Belle’s last name which is Linsky. Could somebody please change, or “move” the name to Belle Linsky. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:904E:5900:96D:A30F:E443:E96A (talk) 00:13, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Done Certes (talk) 00:20, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Creating a new entry

    I was trying to figure out how to request a new entry . I don't have the skills to do it myself . but I'm looking to get an entry made for Navy squadron VRM-30 Titans I tried to post a link to a page with info about this squadron but it wouldn't let me ..... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.98.247.156 (talk) 01:29, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    This aircraft is mentioned in List of United States Navy aircraft squadrons, so you could add brief information there, preferably with a reference to show where you got the information. If you think it merits a separate article, then the place to request one is this section in Wikipedia:Requested articles: Bhunacat10 (talk), 09:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Timeline with diagonal lines?

    Can someone find out what's wrong with this timeline?

    Foo Fighters#Timeline

    It's got all these diagonal bars across the names. --Larshei (talk) 05:44, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I'm not an expert in timelines, but those diagonal bars appeared (or re-appeared) after this edit. --David Biddulph (talk) 06:37, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Nor me, but I've made a small edit which made the diagonals disappear. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:03, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! --Larshei (talk) 11:58, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Resolved

    Prevent switching to mobile view

    Is there anything I can do to prevent my watchlist from switching to mobile view while working on my tablet? I typically open multiple tabs from my watch list to review and edit them. Problem is that when I get back to the watchlist tab, it now consistently auto-refreshes into mobile view. This has only become a noticeable problem in the past few days. Previously this would only happen rarely. It is extremely irritating as the mobile watchlist is nearly useless. older ≠ wiser 13:29, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Changing mdy to dmy format

    I tried to changed the date format from mdy to dmy on the page Shimon Fritz Bodenheimer, but when I tried to type '6' in front of 'June' for the birth date, the '6' automatically moves itself in front of the Hebrew name. Can someone help to fix that? Thanks JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 14:41, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Dealing with a mixture of left-to-right and right-to-left languages is tricky. What I did here (which doesn't show up in the diff) was to change the date format, insert a space and a closing parenthesis before the opening parenthesis preceding the dates, and then close it up to the Hebrew text (deleting the closing parenthesis that was originally there). Deor (talk) 17:59, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    If you want to be all technically correct about it, you could insert a Left-to-right mark before the beginning of the date and a Right-to-left mark after it ends; these marks tell the computer to ignore the direction normally associated with specific characters and forces it to display text in a specific direction. Of course, there's nothing wrong with Deor's approach. Nyttend (talk) 22:06, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nyttend: that worked. JACKINTHEBOX • TALK 08:03, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    When do I need to put citations?

    Hello, I'm wondering about the extent of the citations rule. If a page states something that's in another linked Wikipedia article as well, is it needed? --Skim

    Each article should be able to stand on its own. If a citation is available in another article, copy and paste it into the new article as well. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:45, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Overrule an edit

    I took time to add information to an article about the correct terminology to use for an article that was very superficial and lacked any depth. I have been in the in the industry in question for almost 10 years, but it was reverted by a 19 year old that I'm sure has no information or experience in the field.

    Can I appeal this or should I just not add information in my field of speciality as it can be removed by someone with no knowledge in the field?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_verification_service — Preceding unsigned comment added by Karirun (talk • contribs) 16:27, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Karirun. The editor in question is an experienced editor (20,000+ edits and over 3+1⁄2 years experience). He was using an automated tool to deal with the high levels of vandalism that some articles experience. I've looked at your edit and the first thing is that I am certain that it was not vandalism. I do think that it needs a bit more work though. What exactly are you meaning by "onboarding"? How does this differ from "The service may verify the authenticity of physical identity documents such as a drivers license or passport ... or may verify identity information against ... government data"? Finally, can you provide a citation for the phrase "entity-identity binding process" (and please use quotes, not bolding in this context). If you need help with the phrasing and citing please either contact me on my talk page, or use the talk page of the article. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 17:17, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Karirun: It should also be mentioned that personal knowledge has little if any import when it comes to editing Wikipedia. The encyclopedia reports on what has been written about a subject in independent reliable sources. Please see WP:OR in this respect. Also please be careful in what you say about other editors per WP:NPA. I note that no usual message has been left at your talk page and I have now provided one containing links which, hopefully, you will find useful. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 18:11, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Karirun: When someone reverts you an edit, you should start by assuming good faith (WP:AGF), because the editor likely had a reason, and this is part of the typical bold-revert-discuss (WP:BRD) process. Your next step is to discuss the edit and revert on the article's talk page. Do this by creating a new section briefly defending your edit and asking the reverting editor to discuss. Add a "ping" to the reverting editor (i.e. {{ping|othereditorname}}) to your new section. -Arch dude (talk) 19:14, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Orange river, South Africa

    One of the fish species listed endemic to this river is the brown bear, could someone please remove? [[2]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.255.159.83 (talk) 18:05, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Edits using Proxy Servers

    Dear all,

    Does anyone have an estimate or know where I could get one about the number of edits performed with Proxy Servers, hopefully broken down by registered and unregistered users?

    Thank you, Tom

    Tom, unfortunately nobody can help you with that precise request. Since the IP addresses of registered users aren't publicized, there's no way to determine who's using proxy servers — checkusers can see the IP address(es) being used by each individual, but policy strictly limits when they may do this, and anyway they can only check one person at a time. As far as unregistered users, I guess you'd just have to identify proxy servers; I don't know if that would be possible, but I wouldn't be at all surprised if it were. Nyttend (talk) 21:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Reference error didn't break anything

    I created Henderson County Courthouse (Illinois) yesterday, and my first version needed cleanup due to a reference error; at one point, the text read:

    Outside, the facade features a four-column [[portico]]; the columns' original brick exterior was covered with [[stucco]] in 1905.<ref> A door sits at the center of the facade, surrounded by windows.

    Yet there was no reference-error warning, no missing text, etc.; it's as if I'd typed &lt;ref> instead of <ref> Any idea why it didn't break anything? Nyttend (talk) 22:03, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Nyttend: The ref tag is not followed by a matching closing tag. The MediaWiki parser does not find a closing tag, so just outputs the tag as text. The same works for unclosed templates e.g. {{example|. Danski454 (talk) 22:29, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Danski454: Can you explain how the situation which you describe is different from those which give the error flagged as described at Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref? --David Biddulph (talk) 22:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    [edit conflict] But I thought that an unclosed <ref> tag would simply cause everything after it to disappear. Did I misunderstand, or has the software been changed? Nyttend (talk) 22:47, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @David Biddulph and Nyttend: From what I can tell, it seems as if the behaviour of not closing the last ref tag was changed following T17712 in early 2016. This made it so that the ref tag is displayed unparsed. The help page has not been updated to reflect that. Danski454 (talk) 17:04, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Interesting; thank you for discovering that. Nyttend (talk) 23:19, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    February 4

    How to show ties in a numerical list

    I just redid the list of 1000 plus point players for the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team article. There is a tie at #50 but I can't find instructions on how to show that fact. TY. ―Buster7 ☎ 01:46, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The list could end like this per Help:List#Specifying a starting value:
    # <li value="50">Wayne Walls (1,030)</li>
# <li value="52">Dennis Blind (1,011)</li>
# Rapheal Davis (1,009)
    It produces:
    2. Wayne Walls (1,030)
    4. Dennis Blind (1,011)
    5. Rapheal Davis (1,009)
    It would require manual updating each time the position changes. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:33, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

     Done TY. ―Buster7 ☎ 13:57, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikimarkup error on protected page

    On the fully-protected page Template:Wikipedia's sister projects there is a </tr> that does not have an opening <tr>, and later in the page there is a <tr> that does not have a closing </tr>.

    I have started using lintHint to find these sorts of wikimarkup errors. I would prefer to not bother WP:AN when one of the pages that has an error is protected. Is there a better place to post this kind of request?

    This particular page happens to be a template, but I am sure that I will run into all sorts of protected pages with errors, so I am not looking for a template-only solution. What's the best way to ask for admin help with any protected page with Wikimarkup errors?

    I tried following the instructions at Wikipedia:Edit_requests#Making_requests (" use the View source tab on that page and use the "Submit an edit request" link at the bottom right; this automatically loads the correct talk page template") but that led me to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors. --Guy Macon (talk) 07:39, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The template has looked OK for three months on the main page; so it can't be too bad. The mismatches seem to have originated with these edits by Yair rand. Pinging them to see if it is intentional. —teb728 t c 10:17, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    @Guy Macon: You could add the {{edit fully-protected}} template to your post at Template talk:Wikipedia's sister projects. I suggest you first post the corrected version at Template:Wikipedia's sister projects/sandbox so that the patrolling admin can see exactly what to do. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:19, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. See Template talk:Wikipedia's sister projects#ERROR. Thanks! --Guy Macon (talk) 20:39, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    New Pages

    Hello I am a user of Wikipedia.Bilal190023 (talk). Please tell me the steps through which I can create a new page on Wikipedia. 10:10, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Advice is available at WP:Your first article. I'll add some further useful links to your user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:50, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Created two articles that are nearly identical

    In a display of monumental technical incompetence I have managed to create two articles where only one was intended. The Timeline of the Mexican War of Independence is an earlier version of Timeline of Mexican War of Independence. Could somebody delete the first of those two articles, e.g. Timeline of the Mexican War of Independence?

    Or if it is easier, merge the two articles using only the text of Timeline of Mexican War of Independence. Thanks. Smallchief (talk) 10:41, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Smallchief All you need do is request speedy deletion of the surplus page by adding the code {{Db-g7}}. Once that's been deleted you can move the remaining page to the deleted title if you want: Bhunacat10 (talk), 12:34, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks. Done. Smallchief (talk) 12:54, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Why yy wikipedia page got deleted

    Hi,

    i want to ask why my wikipedia content is deleted. kindly share the reason behind deletion of content so that i can fix it.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Domenico_Vacca

    Regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamskinner608 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    @Adamskinner608: That draft was not deleted, but it was declined as a potential article- the reviewer gave the reason at the top of the draft. If you need more information, you should contact that user. A link to their talk page is in their signature. 331dot (talk) 13:00, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    What was deleted was the article at Domenico Vacca. The draft at Draft:Domenico Vacca has not been deleted, but reviewers may be reluctant to re-review it as you seem to have duplicated the content. The original reviewer tried to tidy it up but you reinserted the duplicate content. I would recommend that you tidy it up yourself if you want it re-reviewed. While you are doing that you ought to remove the misplaced external link from the first sentence of the draft. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:13, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    I've warned Adamskinner608 about undisclosed paid editing and edit warring, and removed the linkspam Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:30, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    removing birth year and residence in right-hand panel

    Dear Wikipedia,

    How do you edit personal information that sits in the right-hand corner of the page? I would like to remove birth year and current residence from a panel that sits on the far-right, upper portion of the page. This panel/box does not appear that it can be edited. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.235.159.0 (talk) 14:51, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The information is cited; why you do want to remove it? The wikicode for the infobox is at the very top of the article edit window. 331dot (talk) 14:55, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    What is the difference between Construction and Editing?

    Hello, I am new to editing Wikipedia, and I'm looking to revise and expand an existing article. Would I tag it as Under Construction or In Use? The template documentation hasn't been very clear about what the differences are... CharlotteDHA (talk) 16:09, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Question...

    Hi,

    I am trying to create a page for Betterez, much like this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderu_(company)

    We have been blocked and I'm not sure why. Is someone able to help me please? We are a legitimate company with a lot of public reports and articles on us.

    Thank you, Sharon — Preceding unsigned comment added by SharonLLL (talk • contribs) 20:25, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    SharonLLL thanks for trying to contribute, but there's a specific conflict of interest policy that prevents people from writing articles about themselves or their companies. This is to maintain the integrity of the encyclopedia and ensure that it's not being used for advertising or promotion. There's more information here about how to properly proceed if you have a conflict but want to propose content. Wikipedia:Articles for creation. TimTempleton (talk) (cont) 20:45, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    SharonLLL Yours is one of three SPAs involved with this article, none yet blocked. However, undeclared paid editing and use of multiple accounts must not continue, or editing rights will be withdrawn from all the accounts Jimfbleak - talk to me? 06:41, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Please help create Wiki page.

    [Copy of User:Ali olomi/sandbox removed]

    Ali olomi You have been told previously not to attempt to create an article about yourself. Please do not persist: Bhunacat10 (talk), 22:02, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Ali olomi, also another quick point: cast lists are usually limited to main cast members, notable castings and noteworty recurring characters. Please stop adding yourself into various articles, especially against the repeated warnings and reverts of other editors. If you'd like to suggest the addition of one of your roles into a movie article, please use the article talkpage (see WP:COI for more information). GermanJoe (talk) 22:15, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Is there a tool that scans articles for unlinked noun phrases to wikilink?

    Did a lot of work on the Cusper article recently, and want to link some relevant concepts in it and wondering if there's something that helps automate the process? - Scarpy (talk) 23:05, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    I think I've seen people use WP:AWB for this purpose. I'm not too familiar with the workings, but I know that it can be used to find potential situations for a specified type of edit (it suggests something, and you have to approve each suggestion before it happens), so this might work. Alternately, you could just run a Special:Search for a certain word and link its relevant appearances in other articles. Instead of just typing your word into the search box (which takes you straight to the term's article if it exists), just go to the search page itself and then type the word, as it will put an exact match at the top of a list of results instead of going there. Nyttend (talk) 23:27, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Infobox map error

    The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown has coordinates in the infobox, and a map in the infobox; unfortunately, they're not the same, as the map appears to depict the location of The Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C. (Pedestrians in a zero-traffic environment could walk from one spot to the other in 15-20 minutes.) How does one correct these OpenStreetMap maps? I'm familiar with ordinary pushpin maps, which generate a dot at the point indicated by the infobox coords, but as the entire code of the Georgetown infobox already appears to be correct, I'm unclear how to improve anything when nothing appears to be wrong in the code. Nyttend (talk) 23:22, 4 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    The OSM maps coordinates are from Wikidata. If they are wrong (and I see that they don't match the ones in the article infobox), they need to be changed on WD. There is a Wikidata item link in the toolbox on the left that takes you there. MB 00:44, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
    Changed; thank you. Nyttend (talk) 01:03, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Language representing Iranian Kurd

    I've been doing quite a lot of updating on Behrouz Boochani, and along the way various editors have been changing the way his name is represented in other languages. I started a discussion on the talk page, and one of the editors said that he's from the Southern Kurdish speaking area, so we have that, but since then others have added Kurdish and (recently, although it was deleted previously), Persian/Farsi. I'm trying to get consensus on the talk page as to what is best, and I wonder if anyone here has any suggestions on how to rule on this if people keep changing it without comment? Keep all three to cover all bases and hopefully not offend any sensibilities? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:02, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Help with article expansion

    I asked the following question at the Teahouse, but felt it was more directed at new users, so I figured I could try the help desk.

    I recently created an article (MarbleLympics) about a popular marble racing sport. I had no trouble finding reliable citations, but before the many I found can be relevant to the content of the article, I need help with expanding the article, so I came here. Lafayette Baguette talk 01:06, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi, what kind of help do you want? Formatting your writing and your citations? Knowing what belongs and what doesn't? Identifying reliable sources? You've asked a question so broad that there can be tons of accurate but not particularly useful answers :-) Nyttend (talk) 02:17, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Peer review

    I have listed Mullum Malarum for PR, but I do not know how to attract users to make comments. Is there a way? Simply asking them on their talkpages is excruciating. --Kailash29792 (talk) 05:20, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Yvette Dudley-Neuman

    Hello I have discovered a page about myself on the French version of Wikipedia and it’s a little out of date.

    1) can it be translated and the transferred to the English Wikipedia?

    2) can it be linked directly to my IMDb page https://m.imdb.com/name/nm1014726/

    Thanks

    Yvette Dudley-Neuman — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.63.60.239 (talk) 05:40, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    108.63.60.239 Welcome to Help desk. I believe this is the FR Wikipedia article you are referencing to - see

    HERE. See below

    1. WP:AUTOBIO - Since you are the subject of the article, to write the article yourself is not advisable - see WP:AUTOBIO; however, you could request the article to be written by other editors - see here Wikipedia:Requested article.
    2. WP:PATT - The article would be translated but you need to pay proper attribution to the original editor in FR Wikipedia - see WP:PATT. However, it is better to write the article in the article editor's own words.
    3. Independent, reliable sources - Wikipedia sister sites (different languages) operate independent from each other. Thus an article has been accepted by in FR Wikipedia might not be accepted in EN (English) Wikipedia as each site has different guidelines and policies. The article "Yvette Dudley-Neuman" in FR Wikipedia does not provide any sources (inline citation) and if this is in EN Wikipedia, the article will be declined in main space. An article in EN Wikipedia needs to be supported by at least 3 independent, reliable sources of the contained claimed where by the sources talk about the subject in length and in depth and not merely passing mentioned. Sources from major newspaper will suffice and sources can be in any languages.
    4. IMBD - IMBD is an user generated site, for such it can NOT be contribute to the notability of the subject.
    Thank you. CASSIOPEIA(talk) 06:27, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

    Which ref desk?

    Suppose I have a question regarding the particular cinematic techniques used in the filming of a particular movie -- does it belong on the Science desk, the Entertainment desk, or somewhere else? 2601:646:8A00:A0B3:70AE:764:63A1:67AC (talk) 07:01, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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