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November 17

Notifying a Wikipedia Editior of a Comment on a Talk Page?

I would like to be sure that a specific Wikipedia editor (e.g "Mr.X") sees a comment that I am going add to a talk page. Is there a notification template, referring to Mr.X, that I can include in my comment? What is the Wikipedia best practice for creating such a notification in a talk page comment?

Deicas (talk) 00:02, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Deicas: Try {{reply to}} (which I have used here) or {{talkback}}. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 00:06, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your response. Do I understand correctly that ...

... using the {{reply to}} template is equivalent to prefixing the username with an "@", eg. @ClaudineChionh?

... and use of the "@" username construct causes a notification to be delivered to username? Deicas (talk) 00:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

{{reply to}} by default will prefix the username with "@" and append a colon. Using this template, or manually linking to the user, will notify the pinged user if they have allowed notifications. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 01:02, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Using their linked username, like this Deicas (just don't copy a fancy one, because they it looks like they signed it), also serves as a ping. Note that the ping must occur as part of the original comment, and at the same time as the comment is signed and saved. Fixing it later will not work. A later ping has to be in its own signed comment, if it wasn't within the same edit as the original comment. -- Valjean (talk) 01:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

John Bullock (1731–1809)

ref number 5 is not quite right - with year of publishing etc - please help. thanks115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:17, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

You could add the |year= parameter with the year of publishing. What else specifically is not quite right? GoingBatty (talk) 03:59, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Doesn’t seem to be making sense

Hi there,

Please help me out. On the page Philip Davies, the following is written in the introduction: "he is the most rebellious serving Conservative MP, having voted against the Tory whip over 250 times in the course of his parliamentary career, and he has been criticised for "talking out" Parliamentary Bills not supported by the government and by doing so "kill off legislation he doesn't like"."

So, since the Conservatives have been in power since 2010, how can be Mr. Davies be called "rebellious" for voting against bills not supported by the Conservative government? This is very unclear and doesn’t appear to be phrased right. Thank you.

ActiveContributor2020 (talk) 02:03, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Looking at the revision history "most rebellious" has been there since 2014. Could be time for a change. ––FormalDude ^talk 02:12, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

It seems like 2 different things; 1) he's voted in 'opposition' to the party line the greatest number of times and 2) He's talked out bills he dislikes or not supported by the Govt. – presumably proposed by opposition parties. Eagleash (talk) 02:43, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

I concur with @Eagleash. I've split the sentence in two. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 19:32, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale

Refs number 15 and 18 are the same source - this should be "doubled up" I am sure, but I cannot do this, thanks for assisting. 115.70.23.77 (talk) 02:44, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Fixed. ––FormalDude ^talk 02:48, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

FormalDude, if you give a man a fish he is hungry again in an hour. If you teach him to catch a fish you do him a good turn. -- Hoary (talk) 06:13, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

I mean if they just look at my edit they can see exactly how I did it. Teaching by example ;) ––FormalDude ^talk 06:19, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

You can read WP:NAMEDREFS for the instructions on how to do this. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 04:01, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hoary this particular man has been in fishing school for years, received instructions enough to land Moby Dick, and still faceplants over minnows on a daily basis. I think at this point everyone just tries to fix whatever it is without comment and carry on... --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 19:01, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

• Note: Hoary is pretty aware of the issues here see User talk:Hoary/Archive33#That Lupton editor. Eagleash (talk) 19:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Bio - Info

Tree months ago i have forwarded a small article about my father and his family story that took place during the greek resistance in ww2. is there a reason that it is not public yet? Thank you.https://www.bookoo.gr/eshop/books/o-epizwn — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarSyDia (talk • contribs) 08:35, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

See the comments on User:MarSyDia/sandbox/Pavlos Diamantis. Any article on your father would need to cite more than just a single source, per Wikipedia:Notability policies. And furthermore, Wikipedia isn't an appropriate place to be promoting a book written by someone from your own family, even if it concerns a hero of the Greek resistance. Please read the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guideline. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:11, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@MarSyDia, I assume you mean User:MarSyDia/sandbox/Pavlos Diamantis. You can see the reason on that page. WP:BASIC may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:15, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Deleted page

Dear reader,

We just noticed that the profile page of our board member was deleted this morning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_van_der_Chijs). We don't know why and we want to know how we can solve this problem. What do we have to do?

Regards, Monica — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.131.207.74 (talk) 13:05, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

If you follow that link you will see the reason in the deletion log: Not a neutral article: reading as a CV rather than a neutral biography. This suggests to me that the relevant Wikipedia policy is WP:NOTCV. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 13:28, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Monica, please be aware that Wikipedia does not contain "profiles" - not one. What it contains is encyclopaedia articles about notable subjects. These should be based almost entirely on what people unconnected with the subject have chosen to publish about them, not on what the subject or their associates say or want to say. --ColinFine (talk) 13:40, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Dear Colin,

Could you please send met the content of the deleted page. I did not create this page, but the former association our chairman worked for, created this page. In cause I know the content, I can see what I need to change. Thx.

Monica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.131.207.74 (talk) 12:31, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

ColinFine isn't an administrator, so he can't do that for you. You're better off checking the page's deletion log and contacting the administrator who did on their talk page. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

'Liz' is mentioned in the deletion log, but I do not know how to contact her. Could anyone please help? Monica. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.131.207.74 (talk) 15:08, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

You can contact Liz at User talk:Liz. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~.) GoingBatty (talk) 15:37, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Covid deaths in South Korea

I typed the above in a google search and got an incorrect response. The correct answer is 3,137, but the search response was 5.1M!! Wikipedia's answer was correct, but the incorrect response was bolstered by claiming they got their information from "Wikipedia and others". Is their anyway you can track that down and correct it? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6011:840:548:40F6:27CE:D95A:ACFA (talk) 13:23, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

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. --ColinFine (talk) 13:42, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

For curiosity, I did the same search, on Google. It seems that the IP may be misinterpreting the results they got. The 5.1 Million figure is not associated with S. Korea in my results, but a worldwide total. The results page is astonishingly obfuscatory, Google should be praised for making it so difficult to interpret!!!!! (five colons, count them) -Roxy the dog. wooF 13:58, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Roxy the dog, you indented by just two colons; I've indented by three. -- Hoary (talk) 23:20, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

how to manage interest conflict

please, help me place a {{paid|user=Martin Fireart|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}} template to avoid the interest conflict as it was advised. where and how it should be included? can't find where the field is on my page, talk page or either of the pages. Please, let me know if there's an instruction to make it right. thanks a lot! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martin Fireart (talk • contribs) 14:04, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Martin Fireart: The most important place for that template is on your user page at User:Martin Fireart. That's a red link as I type because you haven't yet created it. However, like other red links, once you click on them you'll be allowed to do so. These pages are to describe yourself in relation to what editing you plan to do in Wikipedia (see WP:USERPAGE for details of this and related pages). It can assist other editors if you also place the same template on the Talk Page of the articles you are editing where that payment or WP:COI is relevant. Note that the advice on the COI guide says that this includes making a declaration in edit summaries when adding to articles. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:28, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

self-citing and corrections

Hello. I was unable to add a question to the Talk pages and I might have done something wrong. I apologize for going about things the wrong way, but I do stand by my corrections. Here's what happened: I have just published "Francis and Clare the Struggles of the Saints of Assisi," which Kirkus Reviews said was “lucidly written, a scrupulously thorough account.” On pub date yesterday 11/16/2021 I added my book as a reference on the following entries: Francis of Assisi, Clare of Assisi, Agnes of Bohemia, Elias of Cortona, and Pope Gregory IX. I also made some corrections and added my book and page numbers as a reference on Elias of Cortona and Agnes of Bohemia. Another point: Yesterday the coding of the ISBN numbers seemed to be correct but today the ISBN number on some entries leads to the WIKI ISBN search page and does not retrieve the book. Here are the links to the pages I mention: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_of_Assisi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_of_Bohemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_of_Cortona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_IX

Thanks for your time and assistance. I am glad to have finally found the help desk.

Best wishes, Kathleen BradyKathleen Brady (talk) 15:16, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Kathleen Brady, and thank you for wanting to help improve Wikipedia. But please do not ever add a citation to your own work, as that is regarded as a conflict of interest. You are welcome to suggest adding it, by making an WP:edit request on the article's talk page, so that an uninvolved editor can decide whether or not it is appropriate to add. I don't know why you were unable to add a question: what happened when you tried?. See also SELFCITE. --ColinFine (talk) 15:43, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Actually, contrary to what ColinFine has said, it can sometimes be appropriate to cite one's own work. The guidance says Using material you have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant, conforms to the content policies, including WP:SELFPUB, and is not excessive. With Wikipedia's WP:BRD policy, be Bold but prepared for someone to Revert: then Discuss on the Talk Page of the article. (Note that it is very rarely appropriate to directly edit an article about yourself, if one exists, but that's another topic.) Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:39, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Mike Turnbull. There seem to be different interpretations of the rules so I am going to remove my insertions and corrections.Kathleen Brady (talk) 12:50, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, @Kathleen, thanks for bringing your in-depth subject knowledge to Wikipedia! Google Books lists [1] the ISBN of your book as 1737549808 / ISBN 9781737549802. But at Agnes of Bohemia you entered it as 978-1565482210, which appears to be The lady : Clare of Assisi : early documents by Regis J Armstrong [2].

Looking now at Clare of Assisi, it does have ISBN 978-1737549802. So I think what I stumbled on in the Agnes article is tangential to your main concern. Linking ISBNs to Special:BookSources is by design. If a book was available at multiple booksellers and libraries, who are we to direct the reader to a specific store? WorldCat [3] has an Amazon link for anyone interested in purchasing.

. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 20:36, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, Pelagic. I shall address this. Other than the fact that I did it somehow, I don't know how it happened. I am learning lots about editing Wiki that I should have learned years ago.Kathleen Brady (talk) 12:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Paromomycin article says bb

Why does it say bb on the top of the chemical structure image on Paromomycin article — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phillip603 (talk • contribs) 17:36, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

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

@Phillip603: Because this is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit, and, unfortunately, someone scribbled on this article. Thank you for noticing the damage and reporting it here! -- John of Reading (talk) 17:44, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Clearing the main Search Wikipedia bar on the opening Wikipedia page

When I click on the space a history of searches is displayed. How do I clear them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dtopp313 (talk • contribs) 18:50, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Dtopp313: If they appear before you type anything then they are stored by a feature in your browser. You can ask for software help at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. Tell them your browser or device. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:10, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

@Dtopp313: In most Chrome- (& Edge-)based browsers, you should be able to hover over any of the entries and a trash icon should appear next to it, allowing it to be removed. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

B7932931

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_theft — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.62.246.158 (talk) 19:33, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

What is your question or concern as far as editing or using Wikipedia? --Orange Mike | Talk 19:49, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Asking for guidance on setting up a page

Was hoping for guidance to setup a bio page (for myself) - I am not trying to violate any policies and would hope for guidance on how to do this ethically, and with the requirements expected before even starting this process :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drryanstarzyk (talk • contribs) 19:56, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hi, Ryan, thank you for asking first before diving in, your concern with ethics and policies is heartening. There appear to be some bios already on other platforms (e.g. [4]), but the main requirement for an encyclopaedia article is significant coverage by independent sources. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 20:45, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello, Drryanstarzyk. Unelected candidates for political office are not considered eligible for a Wikipedia biography on that basis alone. Please read WP:POLITICIAN. If you win the election, then a biography of you would be appropriate at that time. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:52, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Josef Pürer

Hello,

The bold phrase MILITARY CAREER has crept into the info box of this article and has frustrated my attempts to remove it. Can someone please remove it?Georgejdorner (talk) 21:23, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

It is there (not in capitals, though) because Template:Infobox military person is embedded within the infobox of the article. That inclusion appears reasonable at first glance. --David Biddulph (talk) 21:29, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Why have two infoboxes anyway? Infobox person is superfluous. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:30, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Hah! When I got rid of the extra infobox, "Military career" went away. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:31, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

November 18

Sandbox

Ive just written an entire article in my sand box I close my computer and when i went back to make the final edits before publication everything disappeared. Can i get my sandbox article back ? thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lilslak (talk • contribs) 04:10, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@Lilslak: Did you click Publish before shutting down your computer? (This button used to be called Save, which was a more accurate description.) ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 04:16, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@Lilslak: Your seem to have edited at one time in a sandbox at User:Jrobbins878/sandbox which belongs to Jrobbins878 but that was back in February, so I'm afraid recent content there or in your own sandbox is gone. The save button says "publish" to remind users that whatever they save can be seen by anyone who knows where to look and is automatically licensed as CC BY-SA 3.0. However, it is not at that stage an article in main space. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:11, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

external link in |website=

I am trying to get rid of an error message that look like |website =. I'm not sure exactly what it means or how to resolve it. The link to the sandbox is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:KobiIheoma/Nancy_Boyd-Franklin?venotify=created&action=edit. The citation in question is [3].

Any help that can be given is much appreciated!

KobiIheoma (talk) 04:26, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@KobiIheoma: The {{Cite web}} template can be a bit confusing because, in this case, the |website= parameter is actually used for the name of the work or publisher (see Help:Citation Style 1 § Work and publisher). In this case, "APA Div. 43: Society for Couple and Family Psychology" might be the right value. You have correctly provided the full URL in the |url= parameter. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 04:37, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Deletion of a history link

HI. I needed somebodys help in deleting this link to a history page of an article I'm revising and improving as nobody's able to help me in the Tagalog Wikipedia. I unwittingwly inserted a link to a copyrighted book that I was browsing while developing an article. Much appreciation to anybody who could help.

https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aklat_ng_Pahayag&oldid=1906499 Atn20112222 (talk) 05:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

This is the English Wikipedia, and I'm afraid that various people will say they can do little to help, and anyway probably no-one here speaks Tagálog. I'll have a go, although this is unusual. In general terms, the vast majority of books and journals printed since around 1930 (it varies by country) are still in copyright anyway. There's nothing wrong in referencing, or linking to, any book or journal. It's the actual reproduction of copyright material by anyone else that's the problem, not the linking to it. Obviously linking to a site with a breach of copyright (eg containing a free download of a copyright work) is not allowed.

For example, the brief D. R. Hillers article on Revelation 13:18 in the reflist is freely online at Bulletin of ASOR. In fact, it's a {{cite journal}} and not a {{cite book}}, and I have updated the reference. It's great that the Tagalog Wikipedia uses the English templates! Plus a Captcha as well...

The url of the Ang Pahayag kay Juan (Statement/Gospel of St. John?) gives me a warning that it's on a blacklist. I suggest that you simply delete the whole reference, leaving the main text intact. There are probably better sources for this book.

The other only links with a working url are [5] which can be be reffed as Lohnes, Kate. "Siege of Jerusalem: Jewish-Roman war [70 ce]". Britannica Online. Retrieved 18 November 2021., and [6] which should be White, L. Michael. "Understanding the Book of Revelation". Frontline. Retrieved 18 November 2021. (Edit to see the code and paste into the article). I hope this may have helped: otherwise please let me know which specific link you are having trouble with. MinorProphet (talk) 10:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Hey there MinorProphet. I didn't make myself clear of what I wanted to happen. If you click on the link https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aklat_ng_Pahayag&oldid=1906499 , you would see a nonreference link in a subheader to a PDF file ending with https://... 8aec-03b7-426d-ab35-c8d7ac15b369.pdf. This was a mistake. I would like this article version [7] be hidden from the readers. This what I mean visually, for example , https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Seigenthaler&offset=20171127130845%7C812365719&action=history contains link versions in the history that are inaccesible and are denoted by a strikethrough 06:26, 12 September 2015. I'd like to see this 09:11, 11 Nobyembre 2021 on https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aklat_ng_Pahayag&oldid=1906499 . Thanks.

Atn20112222 (talk) 20:33, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Now I understand. I can see the problem. I recognise the type of cover, I've owned several in the same series. That's an unfortunate and rather obvious mistake. Even so, if anyone else were to find a similar sort of link on en:wp, they would only have to delete it. Even if an editor only went around inserting this type of link in many articles, they would only get a warning, I suspect. It seems that all your other edits are completely OK. Anyway, by 10:08 (https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aklat_ng_Pahayag&oldid=1906512) you had deleted the offending entry, only the rather obvious -4,137 rather draws attention. I have no admin or any other rights on en:wp at all, I'm merely an editor. As far as I know, that would need an administrator on Tagalog Wikipedia to completely strike out the entry like in the John Seigenthaler article. There must have been some pretty serious legally-actionable vandalism going on for this to happen, The editors were banned as well. I haven't come across that sort of thing before, but I stay away from controversial articles. I could ping the relevant admin here if you like.

I'm almost 100% certain that no-one on English Wikipedia or any other WP except yours would have the rights to do this, each language project has its own separate admins. Personally, I would not worry too much. I realise that the political situation in your country is a bit different from the UK. There may be a certain amount of shame involved (I have certainly done a number of silly things on WP in the past) but I would tend to forget about it. Even if what you did makes you liable in some way, no admin is going to try cover it up, just for your sake - if that is your intention. There is so much going on on any WP that a minor mistake like this (in my opinion) is really not going to be noticed. Happy editing. MinorProphet (talk) 09:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Profanity filter

Hi all, asking for someone else.

An IP posted a message on a Ref Desk page which contained the word 'suck' (all the rest of the IP's posts have been completely OK). They got a message (I assume one of those big red ones) that a filter determined the message was harmful. I couldn't find anything relevant, can anyone enlighten me? Cheers, MinorProphet (talk) 06:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Please identify the IP so their edit filter log can be examined. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Odd's bodkins, that's a busy page, literally thousands of naughty people per day. I had no idea. Thanks for your swift reply. Rather than point a finger at anyone, since I feel the IP was acting in good faith and seemed slightly shocked that a relatively mild word met with disapproval, I tracked the entry down in the log. It shows 1,053 (LTA 1053) (hidden). Would that be enough, especially if the filter contained the relevant word? Cheers, MinorProphet (talk) 09:20, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

The IP didn't do anything wrong. It looks unintentional that the edit filter catches 'suck' alone in code using a regular expression to target certain longer words. I have posted to Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports#2600:1700:d0a0:21b0:a00e:f5aa:e4e8:9861. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:12, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Great, PH, thanks very much for your expert help. I'll let them know. Cheers, :>MinorProphet (talk) 10:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Resolved

Australiasian Masters

Hi Help Desk,

I am FIDE Master Jesse Noel Sales. I won the event 2005 Australian Masters but I have not edited yet the Wiki Info about myself.

Please refresh the information because when I click it, it says its no longer active or.

Thank You.

Kind Regards,

FIDE Master Jesse Noel Sales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian_Masters#:~:text=The%20Australian%20Masters%20is%20a,only%20round%2Drobin%20Grandmaster%20tournament. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MCFMJesse (talk • contribs) 07:41, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@MCFMJesse: Your name on the list in Australasian Masters is a red link because there is no article about you on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not the place for autobiographies, so you should not create an article about yourself. If winning this competition meets the notability guidelines for sport, someone else may eventually write an article about you. ClaudineChionh (talk – contribs) 08:15, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

You can try and ask at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chess, perhaps someone will be interested. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Winning that tournament wouldn't be enough to meet the WikiProject's notability guideline, nor would achieving the FIDE Master title.Pawnkingthree (talk) 20:51, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

I searched online through some specialized sources (Chessbase, The Week in Chess, Europe Échecs) and did not find any useful mention. Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 09:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

How to retrieve deleted content from draft?

I created a draft of a page HELD NFTs that I thought followed the rules, but apparently there was an issue and it was deleted without warning. I need to get the text back but I can't contact the deleting admin "Ponyo", it looks like they've blocked messages or I just don't know where to look. Thank you --Launch455 (talk) 09:36, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm alerting User:Ponyo of your post. User talk:Ponyo has been briefly semi-protected and you had unfortunate timing. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:01, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

@Launch455: I can email you the content, but the subject of the draft in no way meets the notability criteria for inclusion and draft space is not a venue for hosting promotional content on "up and coming" NFTs. Please review the messages and links on your talk page for further information as to how your draft article was inappropriate for inclusion on Wikipedia.-- Jezebel's Ponyo^{bons mots} 20:43, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Repeated requests to login

For the past 30 days, when I first go to Wikipedia each day, I find that I'm not logged in - even though each time I find this, I login again and check the "Keep me logged in for 365 days" box.

I use a password that was NOT automatically generated either by the Wikipedia software or by my browser.

I'm running on an iMac under Apple's OSX 10.13.6 software and have been using Google Chrome as my default browser (Version 95.0.4638.69 (Official Build) (x86_64)).

This also happens when I switch to the latest version of Apple's Safari browser.

Any suggestions?

Thanks Bill H — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magillaonfire (talk • contribs) 09:47, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

I'm no expert but it sounds to me as if something is preventing cookies from being saved in your browser, be it private browsing mode or cookies being disabled. 331dot (talk) 09:49, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Sounds unlikely/silly, but did you knowingly (or perhaps unwittingly) make any changes to OSX (or Wikipedia preferences) around the time the problem first manifested itself, eg an OS update/upgrade? For both browsers to have the same problem seems strange, since cookies are definitely handled by the browser, not the OS afaik. I know very little about Macs. Do you ever actually log out of WP or close the browser completely (rather than leaving it minimised)? Tried leaving the browser open overnight? You could try asking at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. There's several knowledgeable people there (plus yours truly, sometimes - ahem). MinorProphet (talk) 13:29, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. I don't typically leave my desktop on overnight... I shut it down completely (as opposed to simply putting it to sleep). Thus, if I have a Wikipedia tab open, it's automatically shut down.

I haven't done any upgrades to my operating system in the past 6 months so I didn't touch any settings there. I'll have to go back and check my settings in both Chrome and (although I rarely use it) Safari.

I tried posting a message over at Reference desk/computing but was curtly told that "this has already been answered [here] at the Help Desk".

Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Magillaonfire (talk • contribs) 23:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

My edits disappeared

Hello,

I made edits to a Wikipedia page, saved and published them and they disappeared. I looked at the edit history and didn't see how that happened. Can someone help me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by TGrahamSW (talk • contribs) 14:38, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

TGrahamSW Your edits to Comparison of Auto Repair Shop Management Systems were removed by an anti-spamming bot. 331dot (talk) 14:42, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Given that the article in question consists of nothing of any encyclopaedic significance, and is instead clearly being used to advertise products, I shall be nominating it for deletion. Wikipedia is not a trade directory. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:52, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

displayed math in float?

At Constant-recursive sequence#In terms of matrices I'm trying to display a formula inside a float, and a weird box is rendered at the end. I can't find any how-to syntax help for displaying formulas inside a Template:float, what would be the usual method for this? Caleb Stanford (talk) 15:40, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

You are missing a pipe. See {{float begin}}.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:53, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Got it. Thanks for the help! Caleb Stanford (talk) 16:57, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

I was messaged on wikipedia vandalised the subnautica page

I didnt i just tried to add information about the next subnautica game it just kept reverting it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.34.98.130 (talk) 16:24, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello IP! I have reverted your most recent edit to the page and warned you as you added info for a Subnautica 3 while stating there are merely rumors about it. Wikipedia does not add information solely based on rumors, if we did then a lot of false information could be added to Wikipedia simply because someone heard a rumor about it. Information needs to be reliably sourced in order to be added to an article (with certain exceptions which I will not detail here). ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 16:28, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Which article title should be used

Hello! For the page INAPL, should the acronym of the institution be used as the article title, should it be titled the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought, or should it use its official Spanish name: Instituto Nacional De Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano? Thank you for your help, Tyrone Madera (talk) 19:00, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Per WP:UCN, generally we use the title that is most commonly used in English-language sources. If it is primarily known by the acronym, use that. There seems a strong correlation between this and FIFA, which is commonly known by the acronym for the French name. --Jayron32 19:02, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, Jayron32. The acronym is the title that is most commonly used in English-language sources, so I will just leave it be. Are the names in the first sentence of the lede correctly formatted? Tyrone Madera (talk) 19:21, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Contributions

Hello,

While editing a few articles back in 2007 and 2008, I edited under 152.130.7.130. This was a public omputer with many more edits than the ones I did.

Is there any way for me to take credit for 8 or 10 of the edits under this address now that I'm editing using a Username?

No problem if this is not possible.

HeartSpoon HeartSpoon (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 20:05, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

HeartSpoon There is no way to assign those edits to your account. You are free to post on your user page that you had edited under that IP address, or made those specific edits, if you desire. 331dot (talk) 20:14, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Changing coordinates causes chaos -- but only sometimes

Well, maybe not chaos, but a problem. Another user reverted one of my edits, claiming that it generated an lua error. The edit link he/she sent did indeed show the error, but I was unable to duplicate the error when I accessed the article the usual way; ditto for several other articles to which I made exactly the same type of change. Any possibility of a bug somewhere? Here's a link to our discussion (there's probably a more elegant way to get to the relevant Talk page/topic, but here goes): [8] (Meanwhile, my router -- hopefully my router -- has changed my IP address.) -- 2603:6081:8004:DD5:6451:2AC4:EB73:1BE (talk) 23:45, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Missing part of longitude.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:58, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

Yes, you dropped the "W". Also, see WP:OPCOORD about precision of coordinates. MB 01:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

MIssing the |W...whoa! How did I miss that? Thanks, everyone -- I need to be more humble in my estimation of my abilities. :-) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:6081:8004:DD5:6451:2AC4:EB73:1BE (talk) 00:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Draft 2022-23 United States Network Television season

Can you please fix the error i made on that reference please. 98.186.54.177 (talk) 23:55, 18 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done, see Special:Diff/1056000545 (I copied the reference from the existing 2021–22 United States network television schedule article). Please remember to provide attribution to the original contributor(s) when you copy text from another Wikipedia article. You should do this in an edit summary at the page into which you've copied content, disclosing the copying and linking to the copied page, e.g., copied content from [[page name]]; see that page's history for attribution. You can read more about the procedure and the reasons at Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. Thanks! DanCherek (talk) 03:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

November 19

cannal

who built the hamilton cannal in srilanka. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.134.6.172 (talk) 01:25, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

If the article Hamilton Canal doesn't answer your question, then you're welcome to ask it at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Miscellaneous. -- Hoary (talk) 01:43, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Bananas about a split

I've split List of most successful U-boat commanders into List of World War I U-boat commanders and List of World War II U-boat commanders, successfully removing the objectionable "most successful", per the very recent Afd verdict. Now what am I supposed to do with the original list? Clarityfiend (talk) 03:57, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

• Well, such instances can go through WP:G6, but here you probably want to keep the page history for attribution purposes. Maybe redirect to the WW2 page since that’s the biggest chunk of the two? Tigraan^{Click here for my talk page ("private" contact)} 09:14, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
  • It would also be helpful to add a Template:For to each page with a link to the other; which I have done. Bazza (talk) 09:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 22:24, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

change the version of the article in pdf- format

Dear Editers, The page Carposina viduana includes the reference on the article (pdf-format) with misprints which were corrected in its last version. Please, replace that pdf-format of article "Review of the family Carposinidae from Russian Far East" by renewed one. The latter is accessible at https://www.biosoil.ru/files/fscpublications/fee/00000101.pdf

Thank you in advance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.102.113.67 (talk) 04:02, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

 Done Maproom (talk) 08:33, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Display content from Wikidata

Hi, does anyone know why Wikidata content isn't displayed in the infobox here?--Kun Kipcsak (talk) 14:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Kun Kipcsak: {{Infobox brand}} isn't coded to display Wikidata content. Many infobox templates aren't. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:08, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: Thank you for answer. I thought it was an exaggerated data retrieval delay.--Kun Kipcsak (talk) 15:11, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Spacing error in "nbsp" template

Hi. I think I've found a bug in the {{nbsp}} template.

This pic shows a tiny bit too much space is introduced by the template. (There's a fourth example in the pic; an exercise for the reader.)

This second pic shows more unwanted space, presumably caused by a template that embeds {{nbsp}}.

Happens on Firefox browser, but not Brave. Many (all?) pages. A CSS thing? Can anyone confirm? -- Ghastlyman (talk) 15:49, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ghastlyman: It doesn't happen for me in Firefox. {{nbsp}} produces <span class="nowrap">&nbsp;</span> These line up exactly for me:

100 million doses.

100 million doses.

100 million doses.

100 million doses.

What happens for you? What is your font in Firefox? PrimeHunter (talk) 16:03, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Top 3 have too much space. Last one looks fine. Default font (DejaVu Serif). -- Ghastlyman (talk) 16:10, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Edit: I have the "Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above" option set, so font choice shouldn't matter? -- Ghastlyman (talk) 16:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ghastlyman: That sounds like personal browser settings. I'm on Chrome and I'm not seeing any spacing differences. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:18, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Tenryuu, yeah, Brave and Chrome have same software base. -- Ghastlyman (talk) 16:40, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

  is interpreted and displayed by the browser. It is completely outside Wikipedia's control. --ColinFine (talk) 16:45, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@ColinFine: Good call, thanks. - Ghastlyman (talk) 16:58, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ghastlyman: What do you see at http://primerecords.dk/Wikipedia/nbsp.html? It has no CSS and the only content is:

100 million doses.<br />
100&nbsp;million doses.

It looks right to me in Firefox with identical normal spaces. I have the default Firefox font Times New Roman. DejaVu Serif is not default. If you see "Default font DejaVu Serif" in Firefox settings then it means your Firefox is set to use DejaVu Serif as the default font for text which doesn't specify a font. I don't have DejaVu Serif as a font option in Firefox 94.0.1 on Windows 10. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:28, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

What article is your screenshot of? I'm wondering if there are normal spaces in there along with the nonbreak-space. Maproom (talk) 19:51, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Create User page

Hi I want to create Wikipedia user page and need help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghaderimona (talk • contribs) 16:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

@Ghaderimona: You're going to want to read Wikipedia:User pages. Just click on the red link in your username and you'll find a link that prompts you to start a new page. Be sure to read the link I provided to see what's allowed on your user page and what isn't. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:20, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Photo of Dr. Janina Scarlet

I'm trying to insert a photograph of Dr. Janina Scarlet. I took the picture myself and own the rights to it yet the system will not allow me to post it on her page. Can you help me?

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

I tried to attach the image here and it won't work either.

Please help.

Dustin McGinnis

DMcGinnis13 (talk) 17:30, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

I have left you a welcome message on your talk page which includes details of how to upload images. Theroadislong (talk) 17:37, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

RFD

How do I list multiple redirects at RFD? 98.179.127.59 (talk) 18:26, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Use {{subst:Rfd2|multi=yes}} for each additional item you want to include in the listing. See the instructions in part II at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion#How_to_list_a_redirect_for_discussion RudolfRed (talk) 20:04, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you so much! 98.179.127.59 (talk) 01:34, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

How to make a new page

Hey I created an account a few minutes ago. How can I create a new page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Twenty4marc (talk • contribs) 20:52, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Twenty4marc, you currently cannot create a page directly onto Wikipedia (it requires WP:AUTOCONFIRMED rights), but you can create a draft. Please note that there is a mountain of policies regarding articles, and you should probably read up on that before creating the draft. Sungodtemple (talk) 21:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Twenty4marc Creating a new article(not just a "page") is the hardest thing to do on Wikipedia. It's usually recommended that you first edit existing articles in areas that interest you, to get a feel for how Wikipedia operates and what is expected of article content. Using the new user tutorial also is helpful. Diving right in to creating articles can lead to frustration and disappointment unless you first understand Wikipedia.

If you still want to attempt to create a new article, please read Your First Article and then visit Articles for creation to create a draft. 331dot (talk) 21:14, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

BLP vs RS?

It is my understanding that WP:BLP policy applies everywhere on Wikipedia, including on talk pages, user pages and all other meta discussion.

I have information that a source that is on the "frequently discussed" WP:RS list, via a satellite social media account, has published provable (and frankly embarrassing) falsehoods. The problem is that these falsehoods tend to impugn the character of a real person who is discussed on Wikipedia, in a way that is currently very politically sensitive.

How can I bring up this issue properly, so that the source's reliability can be re-assessed?

174.93.70.56 (talk) 21:15, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

You can post at Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard to get input on the source's reliability. Check WP:RSNP first to see if there is already consensus on it. RudolfRed (talk) 21:21, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

What I mean is, what do I do about the BLP issue? I can't think of a way to explain the issue with the content, without linking it or otherwise describing the claim in some detail. 174.93.70.56 (talk) 21:25, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

If the falsehoods are in an article, then challenge the content as not coming from a reliable source. If they're not in a Wikipedia article, there's nothing we can do. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:40, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

November 20

Wikipedia review

just want to say Wikipedia is cool — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.200.54.86 (talk) 03:13, 20 November 2021 (UTC)

Thank you for your feedback. Please be aware that Wikipedia is not a social network. Discussion pages are meant to discuss improements of the associated article or file. See the talkpage guidelines for more info. If you have a knowlegde question, try searching first. If a search is not sucessfull, you can ask knowledge questions on the appropiate subsetion of the reference desk. Victor Schmidt (talk) 06:29, 20 November 2021 (UTC)