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March 5

How do i access my reading list. The only option given is to add to it.

The only option i am given is to add. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.5.58.144 (talk) 02:44, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

How will I know if my wikipedia draft gets published?

Hi there,

I published an article a couple of weeks ago. I hit submit and now I'm just waiting for it to be published. Is there a way to see when my article will get published? Do I get a message sent to my inbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lady250 (talk • contribs) 02:51, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Lady250, I have changed your draft of Draft:Leisa Goddard back to being in the queue for a review. When a review occurs, you will get a message on your talk page, just as you will get a Welcome from me in a couple of minutes. You can read about the processes involved with draft articles at WP:DRAFTS. Your article is going through the a process which can take several months, but you can short-cut it by requesting your page be moved, as described in this section of the WP:DRAFTS page. This is only appropriate if you are sure that it meets the requirements for being visible and in article space. Cheers, EdChem (talk) 04:41, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

1,000 characters in the edit summary

Not an issue for Help desk. Referred elsewhere.

the edit summary now allows 1,000 characters. Was this change discussed with the Wikipedia community or did the WMF simply decide for us what is best for us? --Guy Macon (talk) 04:19, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Being discussed at Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Turn off extended edit summaries. You can read all the details there... in great and extended detail... though you can probably guess quite a bit from the title of the thread. EdChem (talk) 04:23, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

My input: Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)#Proposed alternative solution. --Guy Macon (talk) 06:32, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Nah, they just decided it would be a good idea. Like they always seem to. Joseph2302 (talk) 22:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

request edit

I would like to edit on this page "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashar_Jaafari "

we need to delete a specific link under Books , the link title is " "كتاب لبشار الجعفري يعزّز ما يُشاع عن أصله الإيراني" (in Arabic). Al Arabiya. " this link is based on new report and it present the writer view which is very absorb politic view and does not add any value to the page , it is for sure damage the name and character for the MR Bahsar Jaafari — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:E145:DC00:D89D:2510:63FA:A7E7 (talk) 15:51, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Uh, why don't you just click the edit button and do it? {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 15:52, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

On the other hand, maybe you shouldn't just edit it, IP user, but should discuss the question on the talk page Talk:Bashar Jaafari. I have two reasons for suggesting this: one is that Jaafari represents a government over which there is currently a great deal of controversy. The other is that you say "We need to" - who is "we"? Who do you represent?

I know nothing about Jaafari, and I can't read Arabic, so I have no idea what that book says. But my suspicion (which may be wrong) is that the book is critical of him, and you do not want it to appear. Editing an article to make it conform to one or other view of a controversial subject is regarded as disruptive: it is a fundamental principle of Wikipedia that articles should neutrally represent all reliably-published views of a subject. If my suspicions are in any way close to the mark, you need to be very cautious, and discuss the matter before editing. In fact, I strongly urge you to look at Talk:Syrian Civil War, and in particular the section in the heading that says "All pages related to the Syrian Civil War and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are currently subject to active community sanctions. This article falls within the scope of these sanctions." I don't know whether the article on Jaafari should also fall within those sanctions or not, but I think it possible. --ColinFine (talk) 17:01, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Customized Infoboxes

I have a few questions about infoboxes on specific pages, not infobox templates.

1. How do you rearrange the order of the fields that are displayed on the actual page?

2. How do you change the name of fields?

3. How do you add a new field not to the template but only to that page?

4. How do you add an image to an infobox?

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tylermachanic (talk • contribs) 18:58, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

hello, Tylermachanic. Are you saying that there are infoboxes whose code is directly in an article, rather than in a template? Can you give an example? --ColinFine (talk) 19:57, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

@Tylermachanic: It's unclear what you want but I guess you are not satisfied with an existing infobox template and want an article to change what it does while still using the template. That is not possible. The allowed fields, their names and order are coded into the source of the infobox template. You can make suggestions on the talk page of the infobox. Most infoboxes have documentation for how to add an image. Look at the infobox page, e.g. Template:Infobox sports team. Images must be uploaded before they can be displayed anywhere. It's technically possible to make your own infobox directly in an article, e.g. by using the general Template:Infobox, but this is difficult, not recommended, and makes it hard to edit the infobox. For a new user who has to ask these questions, I strongly advice against it. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

@Tylermachanic: As an additional comment, the code in infobox templates is somewhat more complex than writing most parts of articles. I had been on Wikipedia for over two years before I started editing template code.Naraht (talk) 16:09, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Wikipedia Beta to live Wikipedia.org. How do I transfer?

What is the process to accomplish going from Wikipedia Beta transferring the page contents into the Wikipedia.org live page — Preceding unsigned comment added by King of C Town 2016 (talk • contribs) 20:16, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

If I understand it correctly Wikipedia Beta is an app for a mobile phone as one method of allowing users to view and edit Wikipedia. It presumably works on the live Wikipedia database, so pages you edit through that app can be seen by any Wikipedia user. If the page you are talking about is your user page, the contents are not acceptable as a user page so you need to read the guidance WP:user pages. If you intended it as an article it is not suitable for that either, as you have no references to published reliable sources independent of the subject to demonstrate notability. Please read the advice at WP:Your first article. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:17, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

Infobox for multi-sport athlete

I am currently drafting an article in my sandbox about a rugby union player named Psalm Wooching. He is a multi-sport athlete, having played both college football and professional rugby. Is there a good way to merge the {{Infobox Rugby biography}} and {{Infobox college football player}} into one infobox? Or, would my best strategy be to just use the rugby infobox and incorporate the information that I would have put into the college football infobox into the text of the article? ebbillings (talk) 22:25, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

It looks like so far you are using two separate infoboxes. The two separate infoboxes are fine. — MRD2014 ^Talk 02:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Ferny Creek, Victoria

Ref number 3 on this page is wrong. Please fix up if able - thank you 139.216.210.155 (talk) 22:35, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

The error message includes the word "help" in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#bad isbn. If there is something in there that you don't understand, please tell us what your problem is. Also, are you sure that |accessdate=6 March 2016 is correct? --David Biddulph (talk) 22:48, 5 March 2018 (UTC)

 Fixed The problem was that both isbn Nos (10 digit & 13 digit) had been copied into the ref. As this editor rarely, if ever, follows any advice given here (assuming they even come back here at all) I have fixed it. Eagleash (talk) 04:57, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

March 6

There is an article's section needs updating

With the recent news about gay rights in Indonesia becoming difficult with the law lately, how are transgendered people still able to change gender? Because in wikiedpia's article LGBT rights in Indonesia says people can change gender with judicial approval. But has this changed since the news is happening? Should wikipedia update that section? 2001:569:7671:F100:48E0:D026:F57C:49B6 (talk) 00:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

If a reliable source can be found, the info can be added to the article. — MRD2014 ^Talk 02:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

You might also ask for advice at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject LGBT studiesNaraht (talk) 15:58, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Translated Articles

Hello!

I wanted to ask what I can do if I want to translate an german article in English? The german article already exists. Kind regards

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbobier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kreusa123 (talk • contribs) 10:10, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Translate. - David Biddulph (talk) 10:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Translating titles?

Vietnamese awards are mostly referred to as their translated names in English-language news websites. However, these translated names are not official. I googled the English names, and there are not much information about the awards.

When should a title of a film/song/award be changed to English? Is there any Wikipedia page that talks about this? Please help! Beyoncetan 2 (talk) 11:43, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey Beyoncetan 2. Per guidance at Wikipedia:Article titles#English-language titles, titles on the English Wikipedia should usually be whatever name is used by English language sources, which in your case would be the unofficial translated names. However, if there is also a closely associated name (or names) in a non-English language, such that a native speaker of the other language is likely to search for it, it would be appropriate to create a redirect from the non-English title to the English one. GMG^talk 13:22, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you, GreenMeansGo. Beyoncetan 2 (talk) 13:24, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey, no problem Beyoncetan 2. Thanks for helping us build a better encyclopedia! Feel free to stop back by here or my talk page if there's anything you need help with. GMG^talk 13:29, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Inquiry

Hello

I'm just registered, and want to say thank you to Wikipedia for the opportunity to be a user. As for my actual issue, I wanted to create a new page. The page is to do with a method of examination, and is a personal method devised by myself. The point of the page is just the issues to do with the method of examination in question, and I wanted to inquire as to whether I can create such a page

Regards, Thomas — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trokanmariel (talk • contribs) 14:15, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Welcome. Is this a method which has non-trivial coverage in independent (of you) reliable sources? If not then the answer to your question is "no" - see this for an explanation. If it is then there would likely be no problem with there being an article, but you would be strongly discouraged from being the one to create it - see this for an explanation. You would be advised to either write about it in other outlets or, and I'd encourage this, contribute to articles on other subjects. I have left a "welcome" on your talk page giving more info. Dorsetonian (talk) 14:25, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

fix username

I accidentally created my username with an incorrect spelling which is very embarrassing. May I please have my username changed to DiligentDilettante? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diligentdilletante (talk • contribs) 17:37, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Changing username has instructions on how to get your username changed. You've also made zero substantive edits to Wikipedia with this account. It may be easier just to log out and create a new username with the correct spelling. There's no problem with that. --Jayron32 17:46, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

ClueBot NG

Why is ClueBot NG's name end with NG? Neutronic Gravitation? No Garbage? L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:00, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

@L293D: According to User:ClueBot NG/FAQ, it's "Next Generation". -- John of Reading (talk) 18:05, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing A Wiki List. I have three entries to add to the page "List of black Primetime Emmy Awards Winners...."

I have edited text docs but don't want to attempt these edits without some guidance.

For example;

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or Movie
Year	Name	Show	Status	Milestone
2001	Joe Earle	Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific	Nominated
2012	Joe Earle	American Horror Story	Nominated
2013	Joe Earle

— Preceding unsigned comment added by WinnersCircle2526 (talk • contribs) 18:41, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your interest WinnersCircle2526. If you would like to learn how to edit Wikitables yourself, Help:Table probably contains as much information as you need, or there is a tutorial if you prefer that method. Alternatively, you could go to the article's talk page, input in plain text the precise additions you want to make, and request that another editor add them to the table: Noyster (talk), 09:47, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Texas' 30th Congressional District election, 2018

According to the Ethnicity breakdown the district is 81% black and hispanic, and 48% white. No wonder Johnson is still in power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:CEBA:4B10:5C7:E518:42FB:628B (talk) 19:50, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for raising the matter. This is about the infobox in Texas's 30th congressional district. The Census table makes it clear that the Hispanic people are counted again in the "race" classification. Unfortunately the layout of the infobox template, {{Infobox U.S. congressional district}}, is prone to this possible confusion wherever used if the data source is organized in that way: Noyster (talk), 20:20, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Disable automatic spellchecking?

Spellchecking in the Wikipedia environment has been getting more intrusive, and it's starting to drive me nuts. If I type a word into the Wikipedia editor that it's not familiar with, it's liable to change it to some other word. A recent example that I didn't catch until I published it was a change from carbonatite to carbonate. I think the editor is causing me more trouble by fighting with me than it is saving by correcting actual spelling errors. The search box is becoming a pain too. For example, in searching for information on spellchecking, I typed "wp:spell" using the shortcut for articles in the project namespace. Bizarrely, it changed it to "p:spell". Does anyone know how to make the interface a little dumber so I can edit in peace? RockMagnetist (DCO visiting scholar) (talk) 20:02, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

I’m pretty sure Wikipedia does not have it’s own spellchecker and that whatever device you are editing with is doing that. Beeblebrox (talk) 20:19, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, if you cannot control your spell checker then you can post to Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. Name the software or device you edit wtih. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:01, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Maybe it's the browser (Safari). RockMagnetist (DCO visiting scholar) (talk) 22:31, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

The search box does attempt to send you to whatever it thinks you want rather than what you typed. That is not a browser issue. DuncanHill (talk) 22:50, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

The search box automatically makes suggestions below the box but does not change the typing in the search box itself. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:03, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

Yes, but the drop down of suggestions covers the "go" button, so it is easy to accidentally click on one of the suggestions rather than the "go" button. DuncanHill (talk) 23:28, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

@RockMagnetist: Have you tried changing it in your Preferences/Search? Try one of the three non-default modes perhaps? Green Giant (talk) 23:19, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

The default Vector skin does not have a Go button. I guess DuncanHill changed skin at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering. I think RockMagnetist is saying that the typing in the search box itself is changed by a spell checker before selecting or clicking anything. wp: is a namespace abbreviation and Wikipedia's autocompletion knows this. I have never seen it suggest a change to wp:, apart from expanding it to Wikipedia:. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:40, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: yes, the text is actually changed in the search box. @Beeblebrox was right - it was not Wikipedia. I disabled the spell checking on my Mac and the problem went away. Thank you all for your suggestions. RockMagnetist (DCO visiting scholar) (talk) 04:01, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

How to submit information to Wikipedia for inclusion in the Foreign Recipients of the French Legion d'Honneur medal.

Dear Wikipedia Editorial Staff:

My uncle is a US WWII veteran, who received the French Legion d'Honneur medal, on June 12th, 2015, while in Paris, France. Please advice me on how I can get his information included in the appropriate section. Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattwilson321 (talk • contribs) 22:12, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

@Mattwilson321: Hello, is there a Wikipedia page about your relative? If not then I'm afraid he would not be included in the Wikipedia list as it is only for persons deemed notable in the Wikipedia sense. See that page for more information. See also WP:WTAF. If after reading the information, you feel that a page could be warranted, you can make a request that it be created, but please do not try to do so yourself (see WP:COI). Sorry not to be able to offer more encouragement. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 22:19, 6 March 2018 (UTC)

• See also our guideline about whether a soldier is considered notable, in particular the footnote in criterion #1. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 13:15, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

March 7

Author requesting deletion

Hi, can someone please have a look at the AfD nomination for Yoshiki Ohmura and advise the nominator. I'm not entirely sure if CSD G7 applies here as the nomination has been the only edit under that account and not knowing if that really is the subject himself. Thanks, MT Train^Talk 00:48, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Author means the creator of the article. It was nominated by the subject and not the author so WP:CSD#G7 is irrelevant. WP:BLPREQUESTDELETE may be relevant but a deletion debate is required. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:04, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict) G7 does not apply as he did not create the article. The subject would not be likely to be considered notable by the Motorsport project. Eagleash (talk) 01:09, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Many thanks for clarifying. MT Train^Talk 03:19, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

wikitext glitch

in this article: [1] the wikitext tells me that under it says open, there should be a table, but when i go to the article itself, it turns out there are 2 tables under where it says closed. the longest table(by length) should go under open and the shortest table (by length) should go under it says closed. i don't know why there are 2 tables under one sub heading when there should be 1 on each sub heading. Can anybody put the tables where they should be? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pancho507 (talk • contribs) 02:45, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Such problems with misplaced tables are almost invariably because the table was not properly terminated. There is a simple correction. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

On the topic of “towns in Indiana”

The spred sheet is missing a few. Princeton and Vincennes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:802:8000:9A92:451C:9871:8E21:35BF (talk) 04:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Princeton, Indiana and Vincennes, Indiana are cities, not towns. As such, they are listed in List of cities in Indiana, and not List of towns in Indiana. Rojomoke (talk) 05:46, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

AIRWOLF

I never heard how Airwolf was re-stocked with weapons after use and re-fueled

when not on long flights. I know refueling tankers were made available. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.187.61.149 (talk) 07:47, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

As a fictional good guy asset, Airwolf only needs either of these things when the plot requires a cliffhanger. Everyone knows that. Britmax (talk) 12:08, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Associating my business with a product

How do I associate my business to a product listed on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.125.165.137 (talk) 11:38, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Almost certainly, you don't. Wikipedia may not be used for promotion of any kind. Sorr.y --ColinFine (talk) 11:41, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

If I am the only seller of tue product? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trinik (talk • contribs) 13:02, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Makes no difference. Britmax (talk) 13:03, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

• @ 200.125.165.137 It would help us Wikipedia editors to know what unique product this is. We are well placed to consider its notability and take positive action. --Aspro (talk) 15:32, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

create page

how i can create page on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pratik111 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Please see Wikipedia:Your first article. Yunshui ^雲_水 15:52, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Alternative logos

I have done a fair amount of work with logos but I just ran into a situation that I have never run into before.

It involves this article: Girlguiding_Ulster

One small issue is that the logo is freestanding on the page, not included in a proper INFOBOX but that's likely not to be relevant to the main question.

If you check out the organization's main page: Girlguiding Ulster

The logo in the upper left corner matches the logo in our article about the organization.

However, the organization claims (for OTRS agents ticket:2018030710009191) that there are two orientations of the logo. One as shown here, and a second one in which the words are identical but the shapes are mirror flipped. The contention is that the logo should be oriented so that it points toward the center of the page, so that the logo we have in our article is the one on the official page, and would be used if on the left side of the page but they would use the alternative logo on the right side of the page.

One "solution" would be to move the logo to the left side of the page but that doesn't seem like a proper placement, and if this page is improved with a proper INFOBOX, those almost always go on the right side. Technically, it would not be difficult to upload the alternative logo, but two things concerned me. First, we typically confirm that the logo matches what is used on the official page and it troubles me to use a logo on the Wikipedia page that does not match what's on the official page. The second issue is if the alternative logo is uploaded, and for some reason due to updates to the article, it makes more sense to have it on the other side, how would anyone know they should swap out the logo for a different logo.

Maybe I'm making this too difficult, and I should just upload it but I'd like to have some feedback on how this should be handled.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:50, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Sphilbrick, the description they provided is consistent with publicly verifiable usage on their Twitter account where the logo changes depending on upper left/upper right/lower left/lower right usage so that it consistently points to the center. I'd say that's probably plenty to justify changing the logo, while keeping the positioning standard upper right. GMG^talk 17:25, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

My 2¢: Many groups, organisations and corporations have logos and other assets upon which they impose strict requirements (size, placement, etc.) when used for branding, in order to make their product, publication, etc. conform to their own style. That is not unreasonable, but this is not such a case - the logo is being used per fair use rationale without requirement that the page (including the logo) conform to any style. (Similarly, for example, the Wikipedia page Apple Inc. has several instances of the Apple logo on it bounded in a box, which does not give sufficient clear space to comply with Apple's branding guidelines.) Therefore, if there is any reason at all why it is deemed easier or better for the Wikipedia page to have the logo on it in the "wrong place", so be it. Dorsetonian (talk) 17:44, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Any time we can update to a logo that is more correct, and there isn't a compelling reason not to do so, then it is usually an uncontroversial improvement to the article, even if it means we are sometimes doing the bidding of editors with a clear conflict of interest. Probably fully half the requests at WP:FFU are paid editors trying to get us to update old logos for companies. The requirements of Apple may be such that it presents a compelling reason not to. I don't see that this in any way does. GMG^talk 17:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

The bottom line is I have done it although I'm not totally happy. I am not troubled by the COI issue. While I take COI very seriously, when it comes to logos it is quite understandable that we would get contacted by people wanting the correct logo and those people will more often than not have a conflict of interest. What troubles me is something I just need to get over — I believe I've uploaded hundreds of logos, and in every other case, if someone were to question the logo I would be able to point to an official page of the organization containing the logo. I can't in this case. I'll try to shake it off.

Thanks for the feedback.S Philbrick(Talk) 18:06, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

SP, if you look at their Tweet from Feb 13, it shows this exact usage, with the logo in two corners of the page, and flipped depending on which side it's on. GMG^talk 18:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

I saw that, but it isn't a confirmed account, so doesn't seem to qualify as official.S Philbrick(Talk) 21:06, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Oh. I. Don't know how twitter works. I actually don't know how to tell if an account is confirmed or not... and should probably in hindsight keep my mouth shut on all things tweet related. GMG^talk 21:16, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Snopes.com

Is snopes.com a reliable source that we can use in WP articles as we do with NYT or theGuardian? Τζερόνυμο (talk) 16:59, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey Τζερόνυμο. Snopes has been discussed multiple times with a general agreement that it is reliable. See for example this discussion and this discussion. GMG^talk 17:17, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Thank you GMG!Τζερόνυμο (talk) 18:53, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Research contributions from 501(3)(c)

I work for a non-profit research organization. We produce information on a range of issues, have a public record of credibility, and would like to share some of the information gathered over our history with the Wikipedia community.

We do not, however, wish to violate any rules re: affiliation / objectivity. None of what we wish to share is in promotion of a product (we don't sell anything), an organization, or agenda. Our researchers are professional scholars, who span across a host of disciplines and value the sanctity of quality information.

Are their clear guidelines for how we might invite our researchers to upload data and findings onto Wikipedia without violating any of the platform's formal terms or community standards?

Thanks in advance for your responses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.214.164.254 (talk) 18:04, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello anon. It looks like you may be a good fit for our GLAM project (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums). You may consider starting by sending an email with further details to glamwikimedia.org. GMG^talk 18:21, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Reporting a cross-wiki spammer

I did try to add a person to global lock on Meta and and what i got: 17:58, 7 March 2018 Abuse filter (talk | contribs) blocked (talk) with an expiration time of 31 hours (account creation disabled) (Automatically blocked by the abuse filter. Rule matched: «xal.wiki trolls»)

Can anyone help? 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:6865:BC4E:E389:AFCF (talk) 18:09, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Pinging the only meta admin I know. (Who I'm sure is going to at some point get tired of being pinged to things like this.) GMG^talk 18:17, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

New option for reading difficult diffs

Quick note to say that folks who regularly deal with diffs may be particularly interested in the Beta Feature for visual diffs. Go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures and scroll about halfway down the list to find it.

Here's the main reason why you might be interested:

In the old diff mode, none of the text changes, such as the removal of the word not, are marked at all, because the paragraphs were re-arranged. Here, they're highlighted. The toggle box at the top lets you switch back and forth, so you can use both for the same diff. Some changes are easier to spot in one mode, and others in the other mode, so the system is set up to let you use both. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 18:42, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Table help

Need help fixing this table. Template:Oil and gas companies of China Can't figure out how I messed it up. Thanks in advance. Muzzleflash (talk) 19:09, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Hey Muzzleflash. Fixed it. One little missing bracket was all it was. GMG^talk 19:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Time Zone

For Bouvet Island : UTC all the year .The rest is correct . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.13.222.239 (talk) 22:16, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

The Wikipedia "Verifiability" policy requires that information in the encyclopedia be verifiable in reliable, published sources. Please explain what reliable source you found this information in. Jc3s5h (talk) 22:26, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Walter_Keeton and Walter Keeton (footballer)

Hello,

Either those 2 are the same person, or 2 clones (same names, birth and death dates), either there is a problem somewhere. As I know absolutely nothing about them, I let you try and solve this. Good luck :) --Hsarrazin (talk on wd) 22:40, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

As it states in Walter Keeton, the cricketer was also a footballer, as confirmed by a couple of reliable sources.[2][3] I will merge the articles. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:25, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Editing interwiki links in Wikidata

Editing the interwiki links has become more and more difficult during my Wikipedia career of over ten years old. Previously it used to be as simple as writing the source code of an interwiki link on the page. But now I have to struggle with Wikidata, which I understand extremely little about.

Case in point: Donald Duck pocket books and fi:Aku Ankan taskukirja are about the same thing. But the former has interwiki links to Cebuano and French, and the latter has an interwiki link to Sami. Both have different entries on Wikidata. I tried to link them all together but got an error message that an item already exists in Wikidata, and I may try to merge them. But I don't have the faintest idea how to merge anything on Wikidata. The user interface certainly didn't provide any clue how to do so.

In the end I deleted every entry to Wikipedia on the Wikidata item that fi:Aku Ankan taskukirja links to and added them to the item that Donald Duck pocket books links to. Now the former shows up empty and the latter has all five wikilinks. But this didn't affect Wikipedia. Donald Duck pocket books still shows interwiki links only to French and Cebuano, and fi:Aku Ankan taskukirja only shows an interwiki link to Sami.

What did I do wrong here? Or is it just the case that Wikipedia will only pick my edits to Wikidata up later? JIP | Talk 22:58, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

Apparently it's the latter. Wikipedia was simply slow to pick the edits up. But still, why is Wikidata so bloody difficult to use? Why does it say "You may wish to merge the entries" and provide absolutely no clue about how to actually do so? JIP | Talk 23:00, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

There are "Merge" entries under "More" on each page of Wikidata. But I agree that it is hard. The big problem is that that a Wikidata lemma can only link to one article in a particular project, so if articles in different language Wikipedias have different scope (in particular, if one in one language corresponds to more than one in another) there is no satisfactory way to link them using Wikidata. --ColinFine (talk) 23:14, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

User:JIP, where exactly do you see the suggestion "You may wish to merge the entries"?

It may make sense to add a link to instructions for doing this there. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 10:46, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

March 8

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Is this possible to change my User name? I would like to change it 'Sishaykh' to 'Shafaat'. Could you please help me? -- Shafaat Islam (talk) 04:49, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

WP:RENAME has all the relevant information. Beeblebrox (talk) 05:29, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Is it possible to see football player nationality flags next to player names on the Wikipedia Android app?

Hello,

I am frequently visiting football club pages on Wikipedia. I especially like understanding what nationalities a squad is made up of. One important element that is available in the desktop version which is lacking on the Android app version is the flag of a player's nationality next to a player's name in the 'Current Squad' or 'Players' section.

Is there any way this compatibility could get added to the app version?

Thank you for considering my request!

Todd — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.123.193.250 (talk) 12:27, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Italics

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I'm pretty sure (and others will correct me if I'm wrong) you use {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Name of work'' (film)}}. I should add that in the case of films I think this is now done automatically but this may not apply to other articles. MarnetteD|Talk 15:43, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

Isn't that how {{Italic title}} normally works? {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 15:44, 8 March 2018 (UTC)