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I am having problems with reference 29 on Orrin Hatch. It is not displaying as it should when using the cite web template, and I cannot figure out why. I suspect it is a simple issue that I am overlooking, but cannot figure out what it is. Any help is appreciated. Spalds (talk) 00:09, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I created an account a long time ago, and I haven't logged in since then. If I don't remember the password to the account, nor the email address I might've linked it to for password recovery, is there a way to recover it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.155.232.233 (talk) 00:24, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
After reading about Usurpations, it appears that I ought to create a new account anyway and establish it with at least a few contributions before usurping. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.155.234.105 (talk) 01:44, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to create a new article (currently working on it on my user page), but I can't get the correct alignment for two images. One is the logo for the organization and the other is a small picture of the organization's founder.
In other articles I've viewed on Wikipedia, all images are right aligned. But mine are not. Can you help me?
Adding "|thumb" or "|right" is what you are looking for on that image if you want to make it look like others (I am editing your page but feel free to revert). You might be looking to do an infobox which will cause a little bit of effort. See: Template:Infobox organization -- Cptnono (talk) 07:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Hello. You need to add a |right parameter to align the picture right. You can also just add the parameter |thumb to turn the picture into a thumbnail which resizes and aligns it automatically. The most common code used for inserting pictures is the one below:
Just to be pedantic, there is no need for the |right parameter as "right" is the default alignment for thumbnails. – ukexpat (talk) 13:01, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You should be fine to update the access date on the original cite, then just use the reference again, however do it like this. For the first usage of the reference on the page, type <ref name="protector futon">{{cite web|url=http://websitename.com|title=Web article name|accessdate=11 July 2011</ref> and for the second usage, just type <ref name="protector futon"/>. Makes sense? Steven ZhangThe clock is ticking....10:19, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I've noticed that ''Italic Text'' and '''Bold Text''' are incredibly common as vandalism. I've started searching for "Italic Text" and "Bold Text" in the wikipedia search (limited to articles) and have found an incredible number, of which a large (but not overwhelming) percentage are vandalism. I'm looking for ideas to help me with the cleanup of those. First, is there any way to search for article where the phrase Italic Text is actually italicized, a search for that would generate fewer false positives? Secondly, since a high number of the vandalism occurances are either the first or last text in the article, is there any way to look for *that*? Any other ideas? (Note: I'm also asking this at Wikipedia talk:Counter-Vandalism Unit)Naraht (talk) 13:13, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That page is more devoted to keeping them from even happening or tagging them. Might be an even more pro-active way to handle it...Naraht (talk) 16:22, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
(This seems to do with the odd behaviour of the B and I icons above the edit box, clicking on which produces "Bold text" and "Italic text" respectively unless you first highlight some text. Maybe that behaviour needs addressing.--Shantavira|feed me16:53, 11 July 2011 (UTC))[reply]
Naraht, flowing from what Shantavira points out, these are test edits most of the time, not "vandalism". These should be reverted of course, but warnings for this should be test warnings, not vandalism warnings (i.e., the {{Uw-test1}}, {{Uw-test2}} series) and the accompanying edit summary should not call them vandalism unless there's something else included in the edit that shows bad intent, or the person has already been warned multiple times and continues making such edits.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:10, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Search Box will not take focus nor can type into the box
Yes, it looks as if you have to click in the box first. If you have no mouse, then you may be able to force the cursor into the box by hitting the "tab" key - using Firefox, it takes about a dozen clicks with the tab key, so that's not a good solution, but better than nothing. -- John of Reading (talk) 14:26, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I requested that a page I drafted in my user: area be moved to the official spot, which currently holds a redirect.
I followed the instructions on Wikipedia:Requested_moves. My page now says "A bot will list this discussion on Wikipedia:Requested moves within 15 minutes of this tag being placed". However, it has been more than 15 minutes and the page has not been listed on the requested moves page.
I may be starting some lists of settlements by country for countries where we don't have good coverage yet. Essentially, it will be a table with the city name, coordinates, population, and a notes column for now, until the articles can be expanded properly. But I'd like for these settlements all to show up in the google maps overlay etc. Is there a way to associate multiple coordinates each with a different title, all for the same article? Obviously I can just put one coordinate per row but I don't think this is going to do the trick. Would redirects with coordinates on the redirect work? I'm not really sure if that's a good solution, but it's a thought. Thanks, Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:04, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
{{GeoGroupTemplate}} produces a clickable link that does what you seem to want, at least when the reader accesses a Google or Bing map from the article. See also List of offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom which uses the same template (calling it via the {{kml}} alias). The resulting Google map shows a map with unlabeled pushpins for each instance of {{Coord}} from the article that displays inline, and a left-hand legend on the map displays the value of the name parameter from each instance of {{Coord}}. On the other hand, if users get into Google independently of the article, I'm not sure whether you can make multiple coordinates from a single article appear. See Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates#Tools and applications based on coordinates from Wikipedia for hints about the application you have in mind. If that does not answer your question, and nobody gives a better answer here, try asking on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geographical coordinates where the geocoding experts presumably congregate. In the case of settlements, presumably they are all notable enough to have their own articles eventually, so wouldn't this problem solve itself? (I.e. if it turns out that some map service that scrapes Wikipedia articles for coordinates only uses one coordinate pair per article.) --Teratornis (talk) 20:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I recently uploaded two images. These are Revol MSP Cover.jpg and You Stole The Sun From My Heart CD1.jpg.
Under the description paragraph of the summary section, I have made a mistake in the description and don't know how to correct this.
I know how to edit the page but I can't seem to correct the section - "This is the Front Cover for the CD Revol (song) by the artist Manic Street Preachers. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to The copyright for this image belongs to either Epic records or the graphic artist who produced the image.."
You should omit the Owner parameter or at least "The copyright for this image belongs to either" from that parameter. More generally, I would recommend against filling out all the parameters: Article and Use are required; I would specify others only if I wanted to change the default text. —teb728tc18:48, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You might be able contact them with the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of their pages. It would probably help if you cited a reliable source for the change you want them to make. —teb728tc18:56, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
i am a big fan of Yu yu hakusho and own season 2 and have seen almost the whole series, and i noticed that the episodes you have listed for each season are off but i cant figure out how to edit them, season one containes episodes 1-28,(wiki has 1-25 listed) season two contains episodes 29-59(wiki lists 26-66) season three contains episodes 60-84 (wiki lists 67-93) and seson four contains episodes 85-112(wiki lists 95-112) can someone figure out how to correct this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kisa Rose (talk • contribs) 20:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As far as I can tell, the article is based on the episodes (or 'sagas') as they were originally broadcasted on Fuji Television and as released on the first DVD compilations. Different television stations carrying the series may broadcast a different number of episodes in each of their own seasons which might be the cause for the discrepancy. Later DVD releases may also not follow the grouping of the original. I recommend not amending the articles as it is the way it was originally aired.-- Obsidi♠nSoul21:57, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
There are some biographies about a few Ragtime Composers such as May Aufderhyde, J. Will Callahan, etc., that mention the name Paul Pratt, who was a well known Composer and Arranger of that music genre. The is a link to his name on those biographies, and whenever a person clicks on his name link, it leads to a different Paul Pratt biography page. The Paul Pratt biography page is about a Canadian Classical Composer, which the Paul Pratt who worked with Ragtime Composers such as May Aufderhyde, etc., was not. The Paul Pratt who worked with some Ragtime Composers was born in America, and only composed Ragtime pieces, and some novelty ones which I believe were like Tin Pan Alley. He also was a Orchestra Conductor during the 1920s and early 30s, who conducted many Broadway Musicals. He was never a Classical Music Composer, nor was he born in Canada. His full name was Paul Charles Pratt. Some sources list him as Paul C. Pratt. He was born on Nov. 1 1889, and passed away on July 7, 1948. There is a good article about him at this link: http://www.perfessorbill.com/comps/ppratt.shtml
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I've just done my first AfD proposal, and I'd like someone to check that I've not messed up the procedure somewhere. (Obviously, I don't want to canvas for the AfD here, so I'll provide a link to the article: [2] - if someone wishes to delete this request when it has been responded to, that would suit me fine). AndyTheGrump (talk) 23:40, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Nothing is messed up. If you want a little pedantic feedback: Your edit summary [5] says "Proposed for deletion". That usally refers to Wikipedia:Proposed deletion. "Nominated for deletion" would be better for AfD. WP:AFDHOWTO also mentions linking to the AfD discussion in the edit summary but that doesn't seem necessary. You didn't set the cat= parameter mentioned in point II at WP:AFDHOWTO, and documented at {{Afd3 starter}}. After the substitution you would now have to instead add the letter to {{REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD}} (without the cat= part). PrimeHunter (talk) 00:02, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Thank you Also, please see Wikipedia:Help desk#pay. A person who has been editing Wikipedia since October 28, 2010. (talk) 00:04, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
