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June 8

RE: home page suggestion

Hello,

I love your sight, and I probably visit it more than any other; well, Netflix and YouTube, also, but..... You know.

On your home page you should have an highlight option so that people can highlight and keep FOREVER things that mean something to them. I go to Ashford U online - at 50 - and they have it on all of their student manuals. It helps so much, and all you do is highlight the sentence, paragraph, page, whatever.. and as soon as you highlight it and let go of the mouse, and option pops up for save, highlight, etc.

You should have it. I know that I would like it on your sight by how much I use it.

So, just an FYI suggestion, thank you,

Jonny Black — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.33.126.23 (talk) 08:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Hello, Jonny, and thanks for your appreciation and your suggestion. Wikipedia is always open to suggestions, and the best place to make them is at the Village pump. I don't quite follow what you are suggesting, but I suspect that it is something that would have to be implemented by the people who make the software, rather than by the editors who look after the content and organisation of the encyclopaedia; but in any case, the Village Pump would be the place to engage those people's attention.

In the meantime, if you are talking about links to pages you want to remember, your browser will almost certainly allow you to bookmark them; or one of the things you can legitimately use your Wikipedia User page for is to keep a list of Wikipedia pages that you want to remember (though that would need you to edit your user page to put the links in, I know). --ColinFine (talk) 09:59, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your thoughts, Jonny. In addition to Colin's suggestions, if you register and log in with a free user account, you can also add it to your "watchlist" (something like a Wikipedia-specific bookmark list) by clicking the star icon at the top-right of each article. It's blue when it's in the list and white when it's not. To access your list, click the "My watchlist" link at the top-right of the article. For more info, see Special:Watchlist. Cheers, cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 12:37, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

Ref: Tha Baha'i Community in Congo Brazzaville and Dr Shirley H Ganao — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.62.191.212 (talk) 12:50, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

This must be about Knights of Bahá'u'lláh. I have dealt with the red error message, by deleting an empty ref tag: <ref></ref>. There is still a sentence fragment there, "the Baha'i community in Congo-Brazzaville and Dr Shirley H Ganao", which should probably be deleted too. Maproom (talk) 14:51, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Please note, that the added content should be sourced by a published reliable source (a book, journal, newspaper, etc.) - maybe the stray sentence fragment was intended as reference, but it lacks verifiable publication details. See also WP:REFB for more information about Wikipedia's referencing syntax. GermanJoe (talk) 15:01, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Yes, Maproom is right: the "the Baha'i community in Congo-Brazzaville and Dr Shirley H Ganao" fragment should be removed, together with the whole List of the Knights of Bahá’u’lláh section (I give a section title only, because I don't know how to make a wikilink to the section with a ^[3] ref link in it). For further discussion please follow to Talk:Knights of Bahá'u'lláh#Not in Wikipedia. --CiaPan (talk) 15:51, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I agree. I have deleted the list of knights. Maproom (talk) 16:03, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Conversion to pdf fails

Hi there. I have a sandbox. I am so grateful to Wikipedia for providing such an opportunity. Anyhow my sandbox filled with a bunch of mathematical formulas and it keeps growing. A few months ago I converted the content to pdf and printed it. It was very nice. It worked well.

Now all my attempts to convert a somewhat larger file, perhaps 50% larger fail and I get an error message. Why? Can it be corrected?

Thanks, - --AboutFace 22 (talk) 19:05, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

@AboutFace 22: You can use the printable version. Follow the link here, right click the page and select "Print". I'm not sure what is wrong with the PDF downloader, except that it hasn't had any maintenance since 2014, and nobody is looking into making it better. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 00:30, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

In addition to what Voidwalker has already said, I would add that many browsers nowadays have the ability to "Print to/ as PDF", which does basically the same thing that you're wanting, I believe. The PDF printing feature would most likely be listed where you choose a printer to use when you choose to print something. -- Gestrid (talk) 01:39, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Another alternative, if your browser doesn't have a print to pdf function, is to use a print to pdf utility. See List of PDF software#Creators 4 for examples. I find the older free version of CutePDF (without adverts) to be very effective. Dbfirs 08:29, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Very short entry deleted immediately and I was then blocked for asking about it for a reason that seemed odd...

I'm the editor of an alternative newspaper who a couple months ago put in a two-sentence entry about it (roughly: "Icepeople is an alternative weekly English-language newspaper published in Longyearbyen, Norway. It was founded in 2008 and is a member of The Association of Alternative News Media"). I noted clearly in the talk page my status and anyone feeling it wasn't neutral should speak up. Hardly the stuff of absurd self-promotion or controversy - or so I thought. The page was deleted within minutes and I was blocked for asking what was improper about it, with acronyms having nothing to do with conflict of interest being cited.

OK, fine. I put the page up there because it's considered a reliable source by Wikipedia standards (not unfairly, since it's in the same network as the Village Voice, etc.), not because I have wild fantasies about a couple of lines making me suddenly rich and famous. And it's like a wiki page is what my ego desperately craves to be fulfilled. But with a reality show coming out soon (named after the paper because their lawyers said they can) where my newspaper plays a key role I'm wondering if someone is willing to actually explain why what I tried to do above is so screwed up by your standards. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:4641:12AE:0:C82A:C6E9:FF3:167E (talk) 19:31, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I take it you were User:Icepeople? If so, it was explained to you why you were blocked and why the article was deleted. You were blocked because for legal reasons to do with attribution, we don't allow usernames which represent organisations rather than individuals, as it would be impossible to determine which staff member was responsible for any given edit. The article was deleted because it didn't contain any reliable sources; Wikipedia isn't a directory, and we only cover material which has already been covered in other sources. Thus, if you want Wikipedia to host an article about you, you need to demonstrate that other media consider the newspaper significant. ‑ Iridescent 19:38, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

2001 Mark: if you still want to create an article on the newspaper Icepeople, it may be possible, using references like this to establish its notability. However Wikipedia policy advises strongly against writing an article on an subjected connected with the writer. You may also want to create an account which is specifically yours, and does not have a name suggesting that it is used by any kind of organisation. Maproom (talk) 21:42, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Also, I would suggest to anybody considering creating a new article that, unless they were confident that they could get the notability and references sorted out first time, they should use the Articles for creation process to create a draft in Draft: space. For somebody with a Conflict of interest I would urge that even more strongly. --ColinFine (talk) 22:51, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

On articles that use shortened footnotes, is it possible to check if cited sources are never invoked?

So say there is an article that contains a bajillion {{sfn}} templates, and over the past couple of years, some editors may have removed sourced text from an article's body without also removing the {{citation}} templates, resulting in a cluttered "Bibliography" section where most texts are never even cited in the article. Is there any automated tool to correct this, or do I actually have to CTRL+F every single book to see if it still has at least one "[name] [year]" citation?

Yes there is: User:Ucucha/HarvErrors – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:08, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you!--Ilovetopaint (talk) 20:20, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Adding Image to Existing Wikipedia Page

A year ago, I created a new Wikipedia page called, "Walter Griffin (poet)." A few minutes ago, I emailed an attached image to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org with the appropriate template for having it accepted under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported and GNU Free Documentation License process.

This is an image I want to add to the original Wikipeida page "Walter Griffin (poet)."

My question is: Should I wait to receive confirmation of this image being accepted by Wikipedia under the Creative Commons process before I try to add the image to the file page? Or can I go ahead and add it now? If I can add it already, where can I find information on how to do that. What I want to do is add it in a box on the top-right side of the file page with some basic bio info below the image--the way I see it commonly done on Wikipedia pages about individuals. Thanks for your help.

Mike Pulley Wpulley (talk) 20:25, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Walter Griffin (poet) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Just adding a convenience link. Dismas|^(talk) 20:33, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Mike: I think the usual procedure is to upload the image to Wikimedia Commons yourself, and email the permission to them. If you do that, they leave the image on Commons for a while (a week or two, I think?), and then accept it if they receive a valid permission and delete it otherwise. You can add the image to the article as soon as it exists on Commons. Maproom (talk) 21:54, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

I see that you have already added it. Maproom (talk) 21:57, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

User Subpages

Am I allowed to copy a live article into my namespace to test edits before making them go live on the main page? (The page I wanted to do this with is Liberty University, as it is in the middle of a major campus building project with new announcements every few months.) I've looked at WP:SUBPAGES, and I'm still not sure. If this is possible, what limitation (such as nowiki to be used with wikilinks) would I have to know about? -- Gestrid (talk) 22:54, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

You may do so, but you need to keep in mind three things:

1. When Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia, you need to attribute content to its original contributors. Do this by including an edit summary like copied content from Liberty University; see that page's history for attribution when you save the copy.
2. Turn any categories into category links by adding a colon before "Category". Eg. [[Category:Evangelical universities and colleges]] into [[:Category:Evangelical universities and colleges]](Wikipedia:Drafts#Preparing drafts)
3. Remove or replace any non-free images. This article features one, the logo, File:Liberty University seal.png. (Wikipedia:User pages#Non-free images) – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 23:02, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

Thank you. -- Gestrid (talk) 23:20, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

June 9

Museum infobox questions

Resolved

 – Xender Lourdes (talk)

I have two questions about editing museum infoboxes.

1. At least a few museums list a CEO (as in Perot Museum of Nature and Science), and this is not present in the infobox template, so it is causing a warning message and the name of the CEO does not show up in the box. The template does include founder, director, president, chairperson, curator, architect, and historian but I'm not sure if any of these other titles mean quite the same thing as CEO. Suggestions?

2. If a museum has closed permanently, the Template:Infobox museum page says to use an 'end date' template, but I can't get that to work. If I just stick the end date template into the infobox template, I get a date with not text in front of it. If I add text, like 'dissolved', then nothing shows up. Can you direct me to a help page that describes how to do this? Thanks,Leschnei (talk) 02:18, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• Leschnei I've added the CEO parameter in the said template. Tell me if it works now (purge the page before checking; it's a template, so won't show immediately unless you purge). For your second query, which museum are you talking about? If it's Museum of Contemporary Craft which closed down in February 2016 and which you edited soon before you came to this desk, then please check again; I've used the end date template and it works pretty well. Thanks. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:44, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Yes, it was Museum of Contemporary Craft. I'll check out your edit so I'll know how to do it in the future. And thanks for adding CEO. Leschnei (talk) 03:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Change of language style on Royal Mail

Bonjour. The Oxford dictionary states that those words are spelled with a z rather than an s. On an encylcopaedia website, you should be using Oxford English as most other websites do. Even Encyclopaedia Britannica uses the correct spellings. 203.213.40.147 (talk) 06:24, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Well, that's kind of contentious. The relevant guideline would be WP:ENGVAR. Generally, we stick with whatever the first contributor uses. It's an imperfect system, but it helps to reduce the amount of time we waste arguing over trivialities, such as spelling. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 06:41, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

No, British English should be used, as it's a British organisation. Joseph2302 (talk) 06:45, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict):The spellings you refer to are not correct in UK English. As it is the Royal Mail (I.e. UK) the spellings are correct with the "s". Eagleash (talk) 06:47, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

See Oxford spelling. The "-ize" ending (unlike, say, "color") is not exclusively American. Tevildo (talk) 08:14, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

But -ise is an appropriate, and commonly used in British English, spelling. Joseph2302 (talk) 08:40, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Agreed '-ize' has virtually no uses (if any at all) in UK English. Eagleash (talk) 10:18, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Oxford English uses several forms which tend not to be used outside their own publications, such as -ize and the final comma in "cats, dogs, and rabbits". AE uses both of these, but that's not relevant here. Otherwise, BE normally uses -ise and no final comma in "cats, dogs and rabbits". WP:ENGVAR is your policy and should be adhered too Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:40, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

About editing?

I made an article in the Sandbox and got a message from Wikipedia in Arabic (for some reason). Is the message you sent about my article? Or should I forget all about it? AntiocheneAntiochene (talk) 07:44, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

You made an article in your own sandbox, not in the sandbox. I doubt it was related to the message you received. In the last month or so, I also have started to receive messages from Wikipedias in languages I can't read and to which I have never contributed; I ignore them. Maproom (talk) 09:28, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

@Antiochene: Your account is automatically created at a wiki run by the Wikimedia Foundation if you view a page while you are logged in at another wiki. Your account was created at the Arabic Wikipedia 3 June.[1] Some wikis post welcome messages to users who haven't edited there. That happened here: ar:User talk:Antiochene. Depending on your account settings you may get an email or notification if your user talk page is edited. Just ignore it if you don't contribute to the wiki. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:41, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

(EC) @Antiochene: Your account has been registered not only in English, but also in Arabic, Danish and Turkish Wikipedias:

https://tools.wmflabs.org/quentinv57-tools/tools/sulinfo.php?username=Antiochene

Possibly they send you automatic or semiautomatic welcome messages...? --CiaPan (talk) 09:43, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

New Users

So, I wanted to know if there is something like Special:NewPagesFeed but for the user creation log, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/newusers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adotchar (talk • contribs) 09:49, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

@Adotchar: No there isn't. I don't know what such a feature would show beyond what is already at Special:Log/newusers. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:04, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Copy & paste

I am trying to paste text from my word document to my draft: AEDP... nothing happens when i click paste. This is has not happened before. Carrieruggieri (talk) 12:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Carrieruggieri, there's always a first time. This desk is for support with respect to aspects related to Wikipedia. You'll be better off showing your computing device to a software technician. Having said that, your device has most probably run out of memory and therefore it's not copying the text onto the clipboard. Switch your device (computer/laptop/...) off and switch it on again. Open the word document, and try copy-pasting again. If it works this time, good. If it doesn't, keep calm and get help from a software technician. Xender Lourdes (talk) 12:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Missing spaces after hyperlinks in Irkut MC-21 lede

Resolved

 – by Trappist the monk... Xender Lourdes (talk)

In the lead section (not subsequent sections) of the Irkut MC-21 article, hyperlinked text is joined to text following it on Windows Chrome, Firefox and IE. Copy-pasting the text gives

The Irkut MC-21is a twin-engineshort- to mid-range Russianjet airlinerwith a capacity of 150-212 passengers. The MC-21 is being developed and to be produced by Irkutand Yakovlev Design Bureauof the United Aircraft Corporation(UAC) group.[6]It was formerly known in English as MS-21; Russian: МС‑21 "Магистральный Самолёт 21 века" – "Magistralny Samolyot 21 veka" – "Airliner of the 21st Century". The design is based on the never-realized, twin-engine Yakovlev Yak-242 as a development of the three-engine Yakovlev Yak-42. According to a recent statement made by Russian deputy premier Dmitry Rogozin, the name of the MC-21 serial production aircraft will again be Yak-242.[7][8]Intended to replace the Tupolev Tu-154and older Tupolev Tu-204/214sin service,[9]the MC-21 certification and delivery was initially planned by 2016,[10]but later delayed to the end of 2018.[11][12]

The wikitext looks fine. Any ideas? To keep the discussion together, please reply on talk:Irkut MC-21. Thanks! cmɢʟee⎆τaʟκ 12:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Steve Pisanos

Passes away few days ago: http://www.onalert.gr/stories/o-iptamenos-ellinas-spyros-pissanos-petakse-gia-to-taksidi-dixws-epistrofh/50160?utm_source=newsit.gr&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=top5box

http://imodeler.com/2016/06/rip-spiros-steve-pisanos-1920-2016/

Please update the relevant article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.195.152.130 (talk) 12:34, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• Do you have a reliable source confirming the same? Xender Lourdes (talk) 12:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

An admin closed my discussion prematurely

I posted in the ANI board because a user is harassing me, an admin closed the discussion claiming he would be a laughing stock. I would like the user to stop harassing and stalking me. Where can I post to resolve this dispute? Can I declare it unresolved? Kswikiaccount (talk) 13:50, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

An administrator did not close the discussion, and the Help Desk is not the venue for this kind of complaint.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

That's right, Bbb23, but the user above is asking what the right venue is (and Help Desk is exactly for inquiries like this). – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:28, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Superficially, it may appear that way. In reality, they are complaining about the closure. The user was already in the right forum. They just don't like the result.--Bbb23 (talk) 14:32, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

See also WP:FORUMSHOP. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:04, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

@Bbb23: please go away. As Finnusertop stated, I am "asking what the right venue is". Try to not assume incompetence and bad faith on a help page for newbies.

@PrimeHunter: I am not admin-shopping. Why are you posting on a help page if you're going to be condescending? Take after Finnusertop and change your disrespectful and offensive attitude please. Kswikiaccount (talk) 16:06, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Just for the record the discussion can be found here. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 16:11, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• Kswikiaccount, calm down. Admins like Bbb23 and PrimeHunter are not only some of the most experienced here, but have significant experience in their respective areas and are the most helpful to users where it is required. They are both spot on in what they have mentioned with respect to you. I can understand your issue with Guy. The way Guy writes is not the way I would write, and not the way I would recommend anyone to write to other editors. I agree with you on that part. But there's no harassment there. It's just the way some people write, and if you start taking issue with such statements, you would not be able to collaborate. Ignore the statements, focus on the content. And don't hit out at people who are attempting to guide you. Xender Lourdes (talk) 16:16, 9 June 2016 (UTC)
• Ok, how about the user above you, knowledgekid87. This dude is stalking me from page to page. Literally stalking me. Kswikiaccount (talk) 17:07, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• My view is that he is not stalking you, but ensuring that if you are posting about anything related to the current issue, all views are heard. I can empathise with you quite a bit as I've been through all that you're perhaps going through now. But the truth is that if you're not emotionally involved in editing here, then you'll have fun. If you don't like the way someone talks with you on an article's talk page, just move on to another article that you like. Of course, no one is allowed to attack you or stalk you. But nobody has done that. The standards that are set for attack and stalking are quite, quite higher than what you are perceiving them to be. Just relax and enjoy editing, extend an olive branch to every one around, and just ignore uncivil statements. You'll be alright. Xender Lourdes (talk) 17:21, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• (EC) No he isn't, at least not in any material way. You have made contributions mainly to a talk page on which he contributes. And since then, you've been trying to make a case here and elsewhere that people are stalking you. Those alleged stalkers, not unreasonably, have become involved in those discussions. The bottom line is that your editing behaviour to date is concerning, and you must be unsurprised if experienced editors are concerned by it. The solution to your problems lies in your own hands. --Tagishsimon (talk) 17:23, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Regarding giving reference in Wikipedia article

Resolved

 – Xender Lourdes (talk)

I have recently wrote an article about - "Amartya Bhattacharyya". After saving the page , I noticed this warning message: "This article is about a living person and appears to have no references. All biographies of living people created after March 2010 must have at least one reference to a reliable source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article. If no reliable references are found and added within a seven-day grace period, this article may be deleted. ".

Though I have added 23 references. I am a beginner , So couldn't understand whats went wrong. What is the possible way to avoid the warning message ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Priyanka Ghosh Roy (talk • contribs) 16:53, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Resolved. Xender Lourdes (talk) 17:01, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Registration Procedures

What are (if any) the procedures for registering a new phase (invented) with Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Viwhit (talk • contribs) 17:10, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

• Viwhit, please read the Wikipedia policy titled What Wikipedia is not#Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. Specially read the statement which talks about why we don't include personally invented words. In other words, we are not the place you should be registering a new phase (or phrase, if you meant that) that you invented yourself. Write here if you need help in any additional area. Xender Lourdes (talk) 17:13, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

The more specific advice on Neologisms is WP:NOTNEO - Arjayay (talk) 17:51, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

Ogg video subtitles will not activate on the Wikipedia

Hi, I checked this video with English subtitles here in the WP article. Before, they did come up, but now the subtitles are not activating. I thought it may be related to some language preferences of mine, but my search engine and Windows is English based, so why do not they activate, even when tapping on the "English subtitles" option. On the other hand, subtitles do activate on Wikimedia commons. Any hints welcome! Iñaki LL (talk) 19:56, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: - I would ask at WP:VPT, they will have more idea about this kind of stuff. Good luck, ansh666 22:02, 9 June 2016 (UTC)

June 10

TV Show Information

The TV show Vegas ER on Discovery Life has little to know information online. I'm trying to find out what year it was filmed and some other information. Thank you for your time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:807E:4DB0:35D3:2144:8C45:CD86 (talk) 00:29, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

We have a page on a TV drama series ER, but not Vegas ER. You could read up on ER at ER (TV series). Our article on Discovery Life does mention the term Vegas ER, but unfortunately there's not much detail there. I don't know if this helps, nevertheless, do remember to read our general disclaimer which clarifies that there is no guarantee of validity. So double check the information all the time. Hope this helps. Cheers. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:06, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Sir John St John, 1st Baronet

Please check references - on is in "red"/ faulty - Please fixif able. 144.139.149.95 (talk) 00:32, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

Eagleash (talk) 00:36, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

How long to wait to act after leaving comment on talk page of IP user who made wrong edit?

Resolved

 – Xender Lourdes (talk)

I undid an IP user's edit (diff) because it looked like the editor was trying to create a Wikipedia:Disambiguation page, but in the wrong place. I left a question on the IP's talk page just in case they still want to try to create the page.

1. Since it's an IP, how long should I wait to act in case they do not reply nor make further edits?
2. Is there any other way I should handle this?

Zeniff (talk) 01:20, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Zeniff, just put the talk page of the ip on your watch for a handful of days if you wish, as you've already left a message on the ip's talk page. In my opinion, it's anyway an edit from an ip within a very wide ip range (see the whois), so in all probability, you won't get a response. But there's no telling. If you need any other help, come back. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:12, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Okay, that makes sense. I'll do as you suggest. Thank you for the quick answer! :) Zeniff (talk) 03:58, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Upload article

Hello, I have been trying to upload an article several times now. However my articles have been automatically deleted without any further explanation. I have tried different styles of writing but still no avail. I would like to know if there is any other way for me to upload my article on to the Wikipedia page please? Any respond to this message will be very much appreciated. Thank you. 175.137.180.15 (talk)end02:00, 10 June 2016 (UTC)~~

Anonymous IP editors cannot create articles. And you haven't told us what articles you've tried to create. So, unless you give us a username, article name, or some other info to go off of, it's difficult to say why the articles that you feel you created (not uploaded) were deleted. Dismas|^(talk) 03:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Hi. You could check out the procedure of how to write your your first article by going to Wikipedia:Your first article. You could also check out the Wikipedia:Article wizard. If you want to create an article as an IP, check out the WikiProject on Articles for creation. And as Dismas writes, for a quick seat of the pants feedback on the article itself, give the name of your article here. Hope this helps. Xender Lourdes (talk) 03:21, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Please remove funny sign between citations 91 and 92 on this page - I have done a "cut and paste" edit with not much success Thank you144.139.149.95 (talk) 02:08, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

 Done Mduvekot (talk) 02:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

John Thurso

Can ref/citation number 14 please be placed inside the box with the picture of the tartan - where it is RELEVANT Cheerio 144.139.129.161 (talk) 03:16, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

 Fixed Dismas|^(talk) 03:21, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Amending page titles?

Hi,

The following page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_macdonald needs to be Brooks Macdonald (upper case M) - how am I able to edit this?

Many thanks,

Peter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peterstewart1988 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

 Done. I see that the article provides no evidence that its subject is notable. Unless this is corrected, it is in danger of deletion. Maproom (talk) 08:06, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Need help!

If I make mistake, then will my Account be banned ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md. Eshanul Islam (talk • contribs) 08:17, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

@Md. Eshanul Islam: That depends on the severity of the 'mistake' - an honest mistake will not get you banned if you learn from it You might be interested in reading about what Wikipedia is not -- samtar ^{talk or stalk} 08:35, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Is paragraph indentation possible? (i.e. indenting only 1st line of column of text, like word processors do via whitespace/tab) And is it used in Wikipedia?

In this edit, someone tried to indent a paragraph using leading spaces, which does not actually indent, but preserves/limits formatting instead. So, I was curious and tried searching already, but can only seem to find how to indent comments on talk pages, which is different, as that indents the entire column of text.

1. Is it possible to indent paragraphs in Main/Article space (not talk pages) in a way that looks similar to paragraph indentation in word processors?
2. Does indentation have any use case on Wikipedia? Zeniff (talk) 09:35, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

You could use non-breaking spaces

      like this.

But I can't think of any reason (apart from block quotations) why you would want to. Wikipedia articles should follow the Manual of Style, which does not recommend indenting paragraphs like some word processors. Maproom (talk) 09:38, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) ZeniffMartineau, I don't know whether or not it is technically possible to do this (I can't think of a way), but doing so would be against the Manual of style. --ColinFine (talk) 09:39, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Actually, I'm sure you could alter your user CSS to mean that when you looked at pages you always saw them with this indentation, if you wanted. But it wouldn't affect how anybody else saw it. See WP:css. --ColinFine (talk) 09:41, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

In general you shouldn't, but a colon (or several), will indent paragraphs, just like on a talk page. Rwessel (talk) 19:11, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

List of American cheerleaders

I awww.google.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.143.114.144 (talk) 12:48, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Do you have a question? There is no List of American cheerleaders but there is Category:American cheerleaders. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:05, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Diana, Princess of Wales

Please check recent edit - format could be wrong. It is from a BBC transcript - not a book.101.189.0.102 (talk) 12:51, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

You should use {{cite interview}} instead of {{cite news}}.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 12:59, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Translation

When I see stubs, or other poorly written articles, I always check to see if a better article exists on another language wikipedia (thanks Wikidata). Google translate helps in many cases, but I have discovered that it does not work as well on some languages, such as Estonian, for example.

Where does one go for translation help at Wikipedia?

Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 21:02, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

For information on translations, you can start at WP:TRANSLATION. If nothing there helps, you may want to check out some wikiprojects for the various countries/languages. For instance Wikipedia:Wikiproject Estonia. Dismas|^(talk) 21:28, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Steve Winwood

To Whom It May Concern,

In 2007, I started making contributions to Wikipedia. One of the subjects was about the British musician Steve Winwood and some of the bands of which he has been a member, specifically the band Traffic. Using Steve Winwood's official web page and other sources such as AllMusic.com and Amazon.com, I wrote an article about the band Traffic and their discography, which has been edited and changed twice by other Wikipedia user making mistakes. My main sources are:

Javier Fernández (Antroxu) Antroxu (talk) 00:22, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

References

Is there a question?--S Philbrick(Talk) 01:17, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Antroxu: if you believe that errors have been added to the Traffic (band) article, you can discuss them on the article's talk page. At present you and JPGR69 are engaged in a slow edit war, with neither of you attempting to discuss the issues or even leave edit summaries. You are much more likely to reach agreement if you talk to each other. Maproom (talk) 08:11, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

June 11

Sorting rows in a table

Please see this article: List of elements. I don’t understand how the second row has the up/down arrows that allow a user to sort the rows within that column. Usually, a sortable table looks more like this: List of Vice Presidents of the United States by age, where the up/down arrows are “embedded” in the first row (not in a separate and distinct second row). The relevant computer code in List of elements is (I think?) as follows:

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So, can someone explain how this works and why does that odd code result in the up/down sorting arrows in a separate and distinct second row? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 04:34, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

It's because there is a second header row below the first, and the sorting buttons go in the lowest header cell. See Help:Sorting#In a narrow space: sorting buttons in a separate row. —  crh ₂₃  (Talk) 08:48, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia's new formulas layout

In my browser Opera 9.27 I can't see formulas: https://s.sender.mobi/u/image/2016/6/11/bvB7Yijef/-.JPG

Also W3 validator ( https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FRadiant_flux ) shows huge number of errors. Why you use meta - tag for images? Restore please old layout (using img - tag).

P.S. I will not change browser for your site. 37.53.235.112 (talk) 06:39, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

FWIW, Opera v9 is a decade old. I honestly don't think you'll get much interesting in doing *anything* to support that. If you create an account, and read logged in, you can alter your preferences (under Preferences / Appearance / Math) to render math as PNGs. That may help. Rwessel (talk) 06:58, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Standards are not changed. Just follow standards WWW. Why wikipedia web-developers commit errors on pages? Just because Google Chrome browser shows non-standard behaviour?

How can I contact wikipekia web-developers ?

37.53.235.112 (talk) 07:20, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Village pump. BTW, none of the error shown by the validator you cited should have any real impact. Rwessel (talk) 07:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Also, half of them were fixed with a purge —  crh ₂₃  (Talk) 09:17, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Opera is now on version 12.18 and this works fine for me on Wikipedia. Why not just update to the latest version? Dbfirs 07:33, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Are we talking different Operas? 36 for the stable release, 38 for dev, IIRC. Rwessel (talk) 07:46, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Last Presto-engine Opera was 12.17. All next were Chromium clones with absolutely different functional (namely Chrome functional , which much much poorer).

But even 12.17 eats many computer resources. So 9.27 is best for me. 37.53.235.112 (talk) 07:58, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

12.18 is the latest. See History of the Opera web browser#Version 12. Is there a big difference in resource usage? Anyway, if you insist on using an old version, just create an account, as suggested above by Rwessel. Dbfirs 08:02, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

(ec) Still, it seems rather foolhardy to run a version of a browser missing a decade's worth of security patches and actually let it connect to the Internet. But try creating an account as I suggested, it may get around your issue. I think the problem is lack of SVG support in older browsers, and the change in default for rendering math in Wikipedia (IIRC, it was not SVG until recently). Rwessel (talk) 08:07, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

Please help with reference list on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-205

I just added a citation and a text paragraph and -- now this mess. Could you please correct? Many thanks!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by MolinJeffrey (talk • contribs) 10:49, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

The article has been fixed by these two edits. Dismas|^(talk) 13:57, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Burke's Peerage

Please help with a link that goes straight to the "ancestry" section on the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge page. In the section titled "Editions" on the Burke's Peerage page, at the end of this Edition section, there is the word/link Von Schunck. When you push on von Schunck, you currently go to the "Lupton family" page. Please replace with a the link that is the direct route to the "ancestry section" of the Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge page. I cannot do this here at all this evening.

Sorry.  Thanks so much101.189.0.102 (talk) 12:47, 11 June 2016 (UTC)

Mass killings under Communist regimes Comment

Why is it protected and for how many days it will remain protected? X-Men XtremE 15:19, 11 June 2016 (UTC)