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April 8

Impact

On January 21, 2017, the nationwide Women's March was estimated to have been the largest single-day demonstration in United States History. It is difficult to tell what type of legislative impact the march had on the U.S. Government. Still, it likely brought awareness to women's general issues, given the event's magnitude. The Lincoln March was one of three in Nebraska that day. The Lincoln March recurred every year, including 2020 when it was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It remains to be seen whether the march will occur under the Biden administration. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kala miner (talk • contribs)

Duplicate of above. (I did not write this question; the user forgot to sign.) Félix An (talk) 02:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

The user forgot to ask a question too! Chuntuk (talk) 09:20, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

References

Question about sneed and chuck

In a The Simpsons episode (E-I-E-I-(Annoyed_Grunt)), there is a store that is called "Sneed's Feed and Seed (Formerly Chuck's)". Does this mean the store was called Chuck's Feed and Seed? I don't get it. 105.111.91.78 (talk) 03:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

This is the desk for help in using or editing Wikipedia; we cannot help with other issues. Please try our reference desk who may be able to help. If you have a question relating to use of Wikipedia, please post it here. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 06:34, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

It's explained in E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)#Legacy but I suspect you knew that. PrimeHunter (talk) 08:25, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Edit for INNO CITY wikipedia page

Hi I found an untrue content on INNO CITY page. It's saying "The development was built as a joint venture between South Korean Inno Group and the military-owned Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited (MEHL)." INNO CITY project is developed by INNO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. and this company is a joint venture of INNO GROUP and Myanmar local company, not MEHL.

I tried to edit this content, but my edit has undone because of unexplained content removal. Please let me know how I can remove the untrue content and change it to the real fact. Thank you.

Hello. First of all, apologies for reverting your questions here.

Based on the diff it is clear that you not only change the MEHL, but you also attempted to remove whole sections about the Controversy of this project, and also the plans of the project. When removing contents, you must justify your actions, such as providing verifiable references that the content is not true. SunDawn (talk) 07:28, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia has no way to determine WP:TRUTH. Instead, we use verifiable assertions based on reliable published sources (WP:RS). If a statement is supported by a cited reliable source, you must not remove it. If that statement is contradicted by a different reliable source, you can add that contradiction to the article and cite your source. If subsequent developments have changed the situation, is is sometimes appropriate to modify existing sentences (e.g., change the verb tense). -Arch dude (talk) 14:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

G5 speedy deletion

If a blocked user creates a page suitable for Wikipedia, should we request the speedy deletion for G5? Dr Salvus 14:10, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

It . . . depends. Be careful, you're kind of treading on a minefield with that question. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:59, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Jack Fallon - Urgent

Hello, When Googling the name "Jack Fallon" a Wikipedia page comes up with a Jazz Musician. However, Jack Fallon is a CEO for a large health company, and his picture is attached to this article. How can we attach the right article for when people search Jack Fallon? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.160.166.234 (talk) 14:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

We cannot control what Google shows, you need to contact them

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. The same feedback facility is also provided on Bing and some other search engines. Joseph2302 (talk) 14:31, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Courtesy link to Wikipedia's article Jack Fallon. We do not have an article on the businessman or on any other persons who share this name. The businessman might, but probably does not, merit a Wikipedia article of his own, as it is unlikely that he has garnered much coverage by independent reliable sources unless he is prominent, for reasons beyond merely doing his job competently, that might make him Notable in Wikipedia's special sense of the term. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.219.35.136 (talk) 16:38, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Yup - no Jack Fallon of Total Life Changes that I can find. A Google search shows that he's unlikely to qualify for his own article. The image in this article appears to be jazz musician Jack Fallon.[[1]] If his article had a photo, it might override the businessman's photo in the search results. Anyone more knowledgeable with Wikipedia copyright guidelines know if uploading it would be considered fair use, since he's not alive anymore, and there's no visible copyright info on the site? Can we infer that it has been placed in the public domain, thus meeting the fair use guidelines? It also appears here, with no photographer attribution [[2]].TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 19:12, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Timtempleton:. We assume all images are fully-non free copyrighted unless we have affirmative (and verifiable) evidence to the contrary (e.g., a release into the public domain or under a suitably free and compatible copyright license), or some situational status by which it passed into the public domain (such as publication before 1925 or that it was taken by a U.S Federal employee as part of their official duties, etc.). The lack of claimed attribution or copyright symbol is irrelevant. It might be able to be used under fair use since he's deceased, if some time was spent looking for a free image, and none could be found, but there's a conceptual mix up above. We use non-free images under fair use as an exception to their retained copyright. An image that's in the public domain (which has little to do with public display), could never be used under fair use because the concepts are utterly incompatible. By definition, a claim of fair use is for works that are copyrighted, and thus not in the public domain, or, stated another way, by definition, an image that's in the public domain has no copyright protection, and so fair use–a claim for use despite something's protected copyright status– for something in the public domain, would be a non sequitur. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:55, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

That makes sense. So short of contacting his estate and asking for permission, it will have to sit imageless. In the meantime, I would recommend anyone interested in removing Jack Fallon's incorrect picture to use the feedback link at the bottom of the Knowledge Graph. It may take numerous attempts over weeks but Google will fix it eventually. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 00:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Interlinking image file with English Wikipedia

When I interlinking the this image with English Wikipedia article infobox called "image" parameter, the image doesn't appear. The image exists in Ukrainian Wikipedia. What is the problem? The Supermind (talk) 14:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

That image exists in the Ukrainian-language Wikipedia only. It would have to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in order for it to be used in other languages' Wikipedias. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:39, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Courtesy ping: The Supermind —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:18, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I have transferred the image to Commons. It can nowe be used here on English Wikipedia. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 18:22, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Why were my page additions reverted?

Hi, I'm new to editing Wikipedia pages and just added some useful information to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledbury and was then sent the message below. I'm not sure what I did wrong and would appreciate any help and guidance to understand why my additions were reverted. Thank you.

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Hello, I'm SunDawn. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to Ledbury—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. SunDawn (talk) 15:35, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

80.189.53.189 (talk) 16:17, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello IP user. SunDawn can probably give you more information behind their reasoning for reverting your edit. That said, I imagine they believed your edit resembled linkspam. Extermal links can be valuable additions to a page, but it must be done with care. For one thing, they should not be placed in the body of the article, which your edit did. They also should not use promotional sounding language such as, "For more local Herefordshire Folklore and History visit...", which your edit did. You also included the link at the end in the external links section, which if that link belongs anywhere on the page, that is where it belongs. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 16:41, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello! This is a diff of the change you made that I reverted. I reverted the change for the reason ONUnicorn (talk · contribs) has mentioned, namely because of this sentence: "For more local Herefordshire Folklore and History visit..." that have promotional prose, which should not be on Wikipedia. Placing the site on the external links section would not be a problem, as the site is neutral and cover the topic pretty well. Thank you!SunDawn (talk) 23:14, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Problems accessing EnWiki

Hi - an editor I know and trust has contacted me by e-mail to tell me that she is unable to access EnWiki today - not that she can't edit, but she can't connect at all. "The server at en.wikipedia.org is taking too long to respond." She's checked with friends and family in the same locale with same ISP, they can get access, but despite multiple reboots, trying different servers, even trying her husband's computer, she's not getting access. Other websites all work fine, just EnWiki for some reason. Any thoughts about what to try? (If it matters, she's in Mexico). Thanks in advance for any suggestions, which I will have to forward by e-mail (since she can't see this page!). GirthSummit _(blether) 17:16, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

If it helps anyone think of a possible solution, she can't get onto any Wikimedia sites, like EsWiki or Commons, they just won't connect. It's been like this since she got up this morning. GirthSummit _(blether) 17:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

WP:VPT is probably a better place to ask, Girth Summit. --ColinFine (talk) 18:09, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

ColinFine, will do, thanks. GirthSummit _(blether) 18:13, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Starting a page

Hi, can you please help me with starting a page for the shanty crew i sing with thanks Mitsubishi03 (talk) 17:26, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Mitsubishi03, you're going to want to read WP:COI first, then WP:NMUSIC. If your shanty crew is notable, it would probably be better to let someone else write about it. GirthSummit _(blether) 17:35, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello im trying to create a wikipedia page

Hihi, im trying to create a wikipedia page about someone here in Iceland, when you search Sunneva Einarsdóttir on google you get photos of the correct person but the information is about a icelandic handball player, I want to make a new page for the person that the photos belong to (Sunneva Eir Einarsdóttir). She is a social media star in Iceland with a following of almost 60.000 people. Let me know what steps i can take to do this please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bigtechbenzo (talk • contribs) 18:36, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Bigtechbenzo first, I commend Help:Your first article to you. When you are ready go to Wikipedia:Articles for creation and use the wizard there.

What we are looking for is excellence of referencing. This means quality not quantity Fiddle Faddle 18:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

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There are probably 1,000,000 or more people who have 60,000 followers in social media. Do you have any evidence that she is actually notable in any way? If so, for what? Where is she written about? --Orange Mike | Talk 18:51, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Registered Porfessional Accountas of canada

Hi I am trying to edit our page regarding Registered Professional Accountants this designation belongs to us and the information in Wikipedia is very old and misleading what is Our organization RPA, and I get this message once I do an edition

Hello, I'm CommanderWaterford. I wanted to let you know that I reverted one of your recent contributions—specifically this edit to a Registered professional accountant—because it did not appear constructive. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. If you have any questions, you can ask for assistance at the Help desk. Thanks. CommanderWaterford (talk) 20:32, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered_professional_accountant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spacrpacanada (talk • contribs) 20:45, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Spacrpcanada, I have just left a template on your talk page with some information about our conflict of interest guidelines. Please note that Registered professional accountant is not the Society of Professional Accountants of Canada's page (you refer to it above as "our page"); it is Wikipedia's page about Registered professional accountants. Your edit to that page removed basically all the content and replaced it with "for More information go to our website www.rpacanada.org", which is entirely inappropriate. Now, obviously, we do not want the content to be obsolete and misleading. The preferred action for you, as an editor with a conflict of interest regarding that subject, to take is to make an edit request, by typing "{{request edit}}" on the article's talk page, and then specifying what should be changed in a format like, "Change X to Y." You should also cite some reliable sources which are independent of the Society of Professional Accountants to support the changes. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 20:56, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Exclude user from log search results

I'm trying to browse Special:Log/delete, but I would like to exclude log items pertaining to User:Merge_bot. How can this be done? Thompcha (talk) 21:13, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Trouble publishing/saving sandbox changes

Not sure if this is where I should post this, but I am working on one of my sandbox pages and for some reason, I can't publish/save the work as I get this error " Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 504)". Tried searching online for answers but didn't find anything. When I copied the content of the page to another sandbox, it saved properly, so not sure what's wrong.

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

MK — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mariemk (talk • contribs) 21:29, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mariemk: Could be a settings issue with the VisualEditor. The quick answer is to just abandon that sandbox. A more detailed answer could be found at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical), a more technical forum. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:52, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Image not removed from Continuous track article even though history shows it has.

I've just edited Continuous track to remove an image duplication. However when I look at the article - it's still there, even though diffs clearly shows that it's gone. What's going on here?

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Image in question is [[File:Leclerc p1040882.jpg|thumb|Rear [[sprocket]] of a [[Leclerc tank|Leclerc]] tank.]] removed from the gallery section. Chaheel Riens (talk) 21:40, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Chaheel Riens: It looks like you removed it from a hidden list showing which items were moved to the gallery, but not the gallery item itself. I just did it. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 21:48, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

Can the background of the page be made darker?

I have cataracts and bright white backgrounds make it extremely difficult to reaf. Can the background be made dark and the type made light? 2600:8802:6902:4A00:1049:6E84:B5ED:606A (talk) 22:23, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

IP User, there was a recent question on dark mode at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2021 January 15#Is there a dashboard or forums page that shows suggested changes? TSventon (talk) 22:30, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I just installed this Chrome extension for dark mode, and it's pretty good so far. There's a video on the page that shows how Wikipedia will look with different settings of the extension enabled. GoingBatty (talk) 00:49, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Can we modify what text search counts as a hit?

There's a dispute at the "muon gee-minus-two" (Muon g−2) article over whether we should use a minus sign for "minus" or a hyphen, both in the article name and in the text. The argument for the hyphen is that an ASCII text search won't work if the text uses a proper minus sign.

Is there a way to force a search for "g-2" to pick up "g−2"? Either globally on WP or locally in that article through some kind of markup? — kwami (talk) 23:37, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

@Kwamikagami: Are you thinking about using the find and replace feature that the visual editor has? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 23:56, 8 April 2021 (UTC)

I meant for the reader. The one objection to moving the article to its proper name is that it would be inconvenient to the reader, because they'll only be able to search the article visually. I was wondering if we could customize things so that someone searching the article with ctrl-F for instances of "g-2" will find "g−2" as well. If not as a WP-wide behaviour, then perhaps some sort of markup so that the reader sees "g−2" but cntl-F sees it as "g-2". — kwami (talk) 00:29, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Kwamikagami: our convention is to create redirects for common miss-spellings, from the "miss-spelled" name to the "correct" name. That solves the article name problem. It does not solve the ctrl-F problem, but IMO that is not nearly as important. -Arch dude (talk) 01:03, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. The argument against using the correct formatting of the article name seems to be that it would encourage the correct formatting of the article text, which would be inconvenient. I was looking for a way to make everyone happy. — kwami (talk) 01:28, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

April 9

Tables with missing header rows on California county pages

Every page for a county in California that I've checked contains collapsible tables that are missing their second header row when expanded, rendering the data unlabeled and unsortable. For example, there's four bad tables on the page for Santa Clara County, in the Demographics, Politics and Crime sections. They all seem to have one of the following headers:

• Places by population and race
• Places by population and income
• Cities by population and voter registration
• Cities by population and crime rates

The problem seems to be due to the tables using "collapsible" instead of "mw-collapsible", though I'm not sure they should be collapsed at all per MOS:COLLAPSE.

If it was just one page I'd fix it myself, but with California having 58 counties it seems like a case for a bulk edit, so I'd like to kick this one up to a more experienced editor. — Spiders Everywhere (talk) 02:12, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Need an editor to upload photos

I am a conflict of interest for Beta Technologies. Is there an editor who can help upload photos to our page that I've uploaded to my Wikimedia commons account? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbeyblankensop (talk • contribs) 11:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Abbeyblankensop:I like the photos, although I think that the one for the charging station probably need to be cropped. To proceed transparently in view of your WP:COI and WP:PAID, please use the Talk Page of the article Beta Technologies to make the edit request(s), saying where in the article you think the pictures should go (and being sure to use four tildes ~~~~ to "sign" the request). Then I'll check and make the edits. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Michael D. Turnbull: Am I also requesting in the talk page, the cropping of the photo? Or should I reupload a cropped version too wiki media commons? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abbeyblankensop (talk • contribs) 16:21, 9 April 2021 (UTC) Abbeyblankensop (talk) 16:22, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Abbeyblankensop: I can do the cropping, if you wish, and reload the modified image on Commons (the CC BY SA 4.0 license allows for modifications). I suggest we take this further on your Talk Page and at the Talk page of the article, as I've a few other comments to make. Note that your "ping" of me didn't work as you didn't sign the post with the four tildes! That's one reason for using them, which can be a steep learning curve for beginners. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:29, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

English check

Hi guys, I speak English but I'm not native. I've added some details to the Rinascita Basket Rimini page, could you please check that I didn't write errors? I mean not about the content, but about the English language :) Thanks. --Giallone (talk) 11:48, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello! Just be bold at edit! If you made mistakes, someone will correct it for you. As long as your edit is made in good faith, it is a great contribution to Wikipedia! SunDawn (talk) 14:31, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

How to create a new page ?

How to create a new page with new topic also how to change a title of any posted topic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mr good man beast and beastest (talk • contribs) 12:53, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mr good man beast and beastest: check out WP:Your first article. However, it is very challenging to create articles, so are there any topics you like that you want to work on first? versacespaceleave a message! 12:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

How to change the title of the article Pls help

@Mr good man beast and beastest: I merged the section you just created with the one you made before. Please sign your comments with four tildes. (these things -> ~) You can change the title of an article by pressing "more", on top of the page, which will then give you the option to "move" a page to the title you want. If you need assistance I can do it for you (provided there's a satisfactory reason for the move). versacespaceleave a message! 13:05, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Mr good man beast and beastest: please do not remove sections. I gave an answer to your question. versacespaceleave a message! 13:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

IA Bot Archive Tool

This - https://iabot.toolforge.org/index.php?page=runbotqueue - used to be the link to IABot that I've used for years to archive links. For the past week or so there is an error message 503 Service Unavailable. Any idea what's going on? Thanks. Twofingered Typist (talk) 13:33, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Twofingered Typist: The InternetArchiveBot Interface is currently down to prevent corruption. See T279341 for more information --Nintendofan885^{T&Cs apply} 20:28, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Nintendofan885 Thank you! Twofingered Typist (talk) 20:34, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

mathbb{1}

How can I use 𝟙 in a math equation? It seems from various sources that I need to use the bbm package. Is it possible to use LaTeX in Wikipedia articles that use packages? --Yoderj (talk) 13:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

I have used some funny business in the Heaviside step function article:

<big>𝟙</big><math>\,\!_{x > 0}</math>

but there must be a better way --Yoderj (talk) 13:45, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Yoderj. You should be able to get some guidance at WP:LATEX. Alternatively, seek out the Talk Pages for the maths projects and an expert in this stuff will likely help. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Template to inform how soon talk page discussions are archived

Is there a template that informs people how soon a talk page discussion is archived after the last comment made? Please {{ping}} me when you respond. --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Jax 0677: {{Archives}} has an age parameter. See Template:Archives#Examples. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:27, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

• Reply - @PrimeHunter:, I believe that there is also a talk page banner that goes below the Wikiproject Banners that does the same thing. --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:34, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Just a question kinda paranoid

Hi, i'm new to Wikipedia still and i was told by someone a while ago that, all anonymous user's ip address's are displayed for all to see if they make edits or pages. What about regular user's? Will my IP address be displayed after i post this or make an edit or a page, even with a registered account here? Pepper R Sun (talk) 15:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)Pepper R Sun, sorry forgot to sign it

Hey, @Kleinpecan, whats a "CheckUser" is it an acutal authorised person? Thanks for asnwering my question tho

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Pepper R Sun (talk • contribs) 14:57, 9 April 2021 (UTC) 

No (although CheckUsers still can see it). Kleinpecan (talk) 15:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Pepper R Sun:. See WP:CHECK. Almost the only reason these trusted individuals would have access to your IP as a logged-on user is if there is reason to suspect you are using multiple accounts for nefarious purposes (see WP:MULTIPLE). That's unlikely to happen and having an account is much more anonymous than not having one. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:10, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

If you accidentally edit without being logged in then you can request the IP address is hidden. See Wikipedia:Requests for oversight. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:13, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Category diffusion size

I was going through a category recently. It was a "container category", and it contained well over 200 subcategories. The category is Culture by city in the United States. I was wondering if the category is large enough so that it could be further sorted into something along the lines of "Culture by city by state in the United States".

There are enough entries/subcategories in said category to make decently-sized diffusing subcategories. For instance, a "Culture by city in California" category would have 33 entries.

Painting17 (talk) 15:28, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Painting17 I would say this is probably not a good idea, but you could suggest this at Wikipedia talk:Categories for discussion. The same argument would apply to other members of Category:Categories by city in the United States. TSventon (talk) 16:57, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

TSventon Good point. Thanks for the suggestion. I'm fine with the outcome either way. Painting17 (talk) 17:03, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

@Painting17: We already have Category:California culture by location. I only found one other Category:Hawaii culture by location, but many state culture categories like Category:Florida culture start with a group of culture by city which could easily have been in a subcategory. A search finds many topics with "Category:X in California by city". PrimeHunter (talk) 18:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Rollback rights assignment

Which criterias are used to assign this privilege? Dr Salvus 16:31, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Rollback#Requesting rollback rights. "While there is no fixed requirement, a request is unlikely to be successful without a contribution history that demonstrates an ability to distinguish well-intentioned edits with minor issues from unconstructive vandalism. Rollback is not for very new users: it is unlikely that editors with under 200 mainspace edits will have their request granted. In addition, editors with a recent history of edit warring will often not be granted rollback given concerns of abuse." TSventon (talk) 16:35, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

TSventon, I have identified vandalism but sometimes I have been wrong. Can it be a problem if I want to have this privilege? Dr Salvus 17:30, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Dr Salvus, I don't know any more than the guidance above, but it suggests that you should work on your history of successfully identifying vandalism before requesting rollback rights. TSventon (talk) 17:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Note: Dr Salvus, I see that you have made at least one edit using WP:Twinkle. Twinkle has a 'rollback' button which accomplishes the same thing as a rollback user right, as well as a lot of other great anti-vandalism tools. If you do enough productive work in anti-vandalism with Twinkle, it's likely that an Admin will notice your work and end up offering you rollback rights of their own volition. Let me know if you have questions. ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia ^talk 17:45, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

NBA Playoff berth Clinched

What No NBA Playoffs Berths are clinched 70.179.216.206 (talk) 16:44, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

If this is about an article, you can start a discussion on that article's talk page. General questions about basketball playoffs can go to WP:RDE RudolfRed (talk) 16:56, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

70.179.216.206, we can't be too hasty to declare a team playoff-bound as no team is guaranteed to make the playoffs yet. The Jazz hold the 1 seed in the west with a 13.5 game lead over the 9 seed Spurs but, with 20 games yet to be played, they could have a historic collapse and miss the playoffs altogether. Thanks, EDG 543 ^{(message me)} 17:15, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Prince Philip Wiki Page

Not sure how long it has been that way but there is a very vulgar photo on Prince Philip's Wikipedia page. Can anyone fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.249.148.182 (talk • contribs) 9 April 2021 21:17 (UTC)

Several image changes in the last few minutes; doesn't seem to be anything offensive there now. Eagleash (talk) 21:37, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Has been handled at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Pornographic_image. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 23:11, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

April 10

Essaying an essay

WP:Essays is a bit hard to decipher. Let me see if I understand it correctly. I can create an essay just like a regular article in mainspace, and slapping on one of the essay templates (notability) keeps it from being visible to the general public? Clarityfiend (talk) 03:05, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

No, essays should either be in user space or Wikipedia space. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 03:30, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

But it must relate in some way to Wikipedia, or it is likely to get deleted. --ColinFine (talk) 12:09, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

So WP:Game of non-existent thrones? Clarityfiend (talk) 04:07, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

my technical system problem

this is word for word my complex programing /hacked victim issues it took me 7 years to just find out what it's called I also I can't help my http header doing whatever it's doing and I do t m ie what it's doing it is corrupt with sql injections alleags has been I've never figured out how to fix hhe issue .trust me my goals are and never were to harm other systems or pages and I'm not perposly masking my ip or anything like that .I have some gramer issues .I got a keyboard bug I think only thing the ligitament citation are for is me searching the web for 7 yrs fix this 1 major issus I could never help or completely fix my system it my http header ext .I got no support from the many companies citing me for things I had no idea even how I came to their site ect I'm tired of getting violation for thing I can't solve yet and I have no control over it so for 7 yrs I've tried everything you can think off and it's just a endless cycle of fixing my system ficjng this and that but never stayed fixed I fully support cyber security and practice ethical hacking .plz some one take in what in this post bc it's hard enough getting to a help page even harder explaining what my issue is when I didn't know the name of it tell now .thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.255.128.99 (talk) 03:29, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

You seem to be asking a question about computer problems. The place to ask such a question is not here but Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. Although I can't guarantee that you'll be understood. -- Hoary (talk) 04:09, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Publishing

The information I am trying to upload to inform/warn people of a company that is a scam. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JanMayRC21 (talk • contribs) 14:12, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@JanMayRC21: Wikipedia only reports on what has been writtten about a topic in independent, reliable sources. If the company you refer to is the subject of a Wikpedia article you can add information to that article *but* only if it is supported by sources. Wikipedia cannot be used as a form of social media where individuals can post their opinion about commercial concerns. The content of User:JanMayRC21/Sample page is not appropriate for this site and should be cleared / deleted. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:34, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

@JanMayRC21: if you want to write an article, please read Help:Your first article first. I have tagged your sample page for speedy deletion as a Wikipedia:Attack page. TSventon (talk) 14:42, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

How to align a table right

Hello,

I have added a table to the article Many Flags and need to align said table to the right of the page. It looks like a sore thumb as is. Please tell me how to do so or make the edit for me. Thank you. --The Vital One (talk) 14:49, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

I have added floatright from Help:Table#Floating table. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:35, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Thank you. --The Vital One (talk) 17:18, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Amar Nath

Amar Nath my Wikipedia page opesa the day and then my dad and mom aport — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amar Nath Thakur chanchal (talk • contribs)

@Amar Nath Thakur chanchal: Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? If so, please post it here. Eagleash (talk) 15:40, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Error about Classical Conditioning regarding Dog Training

After looking up "Dog Training" I found something that is not right. It is where you can click number 46, under Classical Conditioning.

A dog may become afraid of rain through an association with thunder and lightning, or it may respond to the owner putting on a particular pair of shoes by fetching its leash.

The first example of classical conditioning is correct, however the next is not. Classical conditioning is related to only behaviors that are involuntary. Fetching a leash would not be considered involuntary because the dog made the choice to do that. That is an example of respondent conditioning. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18F:600:2320:2C3A:A7FE:9072:FE42 (talk) 17:08, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

If you have a suggestion for improving an article, that article's talk page is the best place to post. Note that information to be added must be supported by reliable published sources. Information from your own experience (or from my experience, or from any other editor's experience) is not acceptable unless it has been reliably published. --ColinFine (talk) 17:42, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Ellen will send this over as I get them — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:9000:8D09:4609:B060:1F1A:4BD6:F63B (talk) 20:33, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

DMX

Why is DMX picture someones DICK!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1014:B109:F0E5:19E1:7E55:25AA:5129 (talk) 22:15, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Vandalism happens. Please link to the article so that it can be fixed. RudolfRed (talk) 22:30, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Someone's account was compromised, and inserted a pornographic imagine into the article. This has happened 10 times today. --BlueCrabRedCrab 22:31, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Hi there,

If you click on "Arpitan" in the infobox of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, it links to Franco-Provençal via a redirection. Could someone establish a direct link between Ariptan and Franco-Provençal (keeping Arpitan as the name that appears)? Thanks.

IP editor, the infobox uses Template:Native name, which links to Module:Language/data/iana languages. I am not sure if what you want is possible or desirable, Trappist the monk may be able to advise or you could ask on the template talk page. TSventon (talk) 23:58, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

If I understand what OP wants, then a redirect is the way to accomplish it. And, since Arpitan redirects to Franco-Provençal already, there is nothing to do.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 00:20, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Submitting books

I have tried multiple times to submit a new page about a crime novel but it keeps being rejected due to a lack of sources, even though according to Wikipedia's guidelines this book counts as a primary source for itself. Why are the editors not following Wikipedia's guidelines when it comes to book submissions?

Does the book satisfy the requirements in WP:NBOOK? RudolfRed (talk) 23:28, 10 April 2021 (UTC)

The draft in question is Draft:Hard Frost, which is entirely unreferenced. Yes, a book itself can be used for a plot summary, but the book itself does not establish the notability of the book. If that were the case, every book would be notable, which is absurd. In most cases, books become notable because they are reviewed in several reliable sources which are then used as references in the Wikipedia article. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 00:32, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

We want an article for every notable book (WP:NBOOK). More than 2.2 million new titles are published every year: that's more than 6000 per day. Very few of them are notable. Yours is not one of them. -Arch dude (talk) 04:08, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

April 11

Jesus Christ as a Co-Author

The end of Warren Jeffs § Jesus Christ Message to All Nations contains 3 citations, the first of which names Jesus Christ as a co-author. Is it standard practice in Wikipedia to cite a figure purported by the actual author to be imparting prophecy? If not, should Jesus Christ be removed from this citation? Thompcha (talk) 06:00, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Thompcha: I removed the author’s name. If he’s upset by that, he can discuss on the article’s talk page. TimTempleton ^{(talk) (cont)} 08:40, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Rollbacker's advantages

What more can rollbackers do than non-rollbackers in countering vandalism? Dr Salvus 08:05, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

@Dr Salvus: Not that much really, they just have access to the internal "rollback" feature that allows quicker revisions than the "rollback-like" features of Twinkle or other tools or the "undo" button, which each need to load an edit page first. See Wikipedia:Rollback for details. Regards SoWhy 08:56, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

They can use Wikipedia:Huggle. Ruslik_Zero 08:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

PEOPLE WITH Parkinson's disease

Linda Ronstadt, the one-time “First Lady of Rock”, is no longer able to sing due to Parkinson's disease = THIS LADY IS NOT INCLUDED IN YOUR LIST OF PEOPLE WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.179.37.240 (talk)

She is on List of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it appears. Was there another list you had in mind? Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:42, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

I have added Linda Ronstadt to Category:People with Parkinson's disease. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:29, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Donation

Hi, I saw that you are looking for donations and I would be happy to help. However can you please make it easier to donate. Function Paypal is not the easiest and I will not add credit cards. If you would for example have Trustly service it would be a lot easier for many people to donate. Also trustly has low cost for you if you contact them as Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 158.174.186.88 (talk) 09:27, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Hello. Donations are made to the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports many projects of which Wikipedia is one: nobody editing Wikiepdia has any control or any particular influence in this. Ways to donate are described at m:Donations. If you want ot make other suggestions, please discuss them at that article's talk page. --ColinFine (talk) 12:52, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Question

Why can't non-sysop view delete contributions? Dr Salvus 12:43, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

That is because deleted contributions are generally deleted by admins. The point of deleting them is to not have them be readable anymore. There are quite a lot of reasons why we delete contributions, and some reasons why we wouldn't even want them readable by admins. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:50, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Dr Salvus, the information page Wikipedia:Viewing deleted content suggests that allowing non-sysops to view deleted contributions would cause legal problems. TSventon (talk) 12:53, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Because sysops want to make people edit more to get sysop, simple lol. 91.142.213.109 (talk) 17:35, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Incorrect Year Of Birth For American Singer Mariah Carey

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

This is, for whatever reason, a highly debated topic - the year of birth for Mariah Carey. Formerly, the Wikipedia page for Mariah Carey stated that the singer was born in either 1969 or 1970, and as of recent, has been changed to the incorrect year, 1969. Mariah is undoubtedly born in 1970 - this has been confirmed by her OWN MOTHER on the Oprah Winfrey Show, back in 1999.

link to evidence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZfz3A-ptAw

timestamp, 2:25 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C8:7F88:9800:CCD1:6CC5:8926:6FD1 (talk) 16:03, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

The citation in the note following the date of birth given in the article shows that her birth was announced in a local paper in 1969. It's improbable (to say the least) that such an announcement would appear a year in advance of her actual birth. Deor (talk) 16:12, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Please see the note 'a' next to the DoB in the first sentence for clarification. However the video does state at ~2.33 that she was born in 1970. But, as noted above the local paper would hardly have published an announcement a year before her birth. It could easily just be a 'slip of the tongue' by the mother. If you wish to discuss further, please do so at the article talk page. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 16:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

See Talk:Mariah Carey#New evidence for 1969 birth. Huntington had 200,000 people. The chance of another Mariah being born exactly 1 year before her to "Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Carey" is extremely small. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:41, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

• Also note that many celebrities are not completely honest about their ages, for various reasons. 331dot (talk) 17:21, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

move page causes name conflict

I'd like to move a page, but the target title already exists as a redirect page. Essentially I want to swap the titles of the two pages. I figure I can do this by first moving the redirect page using a temporary title, but first want to see if there is a better way to do this. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biggleston (talk • contribs) 16:57, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Biggleston The easiest thing to do would be to simply delete the redirect first, then move the article, then recreate a redirect at the original article title. As deleting requires an administrator, you may request the page move at requested moves. If you think the page move will be at all controversial, you should first establish a consensus for what you want to do. 331dot (talk) 17:24, 11 April 2021 (UTC)