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March 24

error in the format of IMDB links on actors/films

EDIT: after looking more film pages it seems it was just an error by previous IMDB link number on one single page so nevermind :)

EDIT: not sure if it is an error in the format or was just error on one page

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jake_Lloyd&diff=711671534&oldid=709773977

currently the IMDB links in the format

*{{IMDb name|####|Name Here}}

does not work correctly on mobile browser, the address that is formed is missing the zero numbers on desktop it is formed correctly but on on mobile phone the formed address is missing zeros and gives Not Found IMDB error page experienced on Android Firefox on mobile wikipedia website--82.131.14.177 (talk) 05:26, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How To Use Wikipedia

Hi , I apologize , I didn't realize I wasn't suppose to write a biography , how am I able to list my credits on this page , is it ok if I upload files of other write ups on me or my success , I am confused because when I search Kobe Bryant there is a biography of him , can you please give me some pointers how to use this Wikipedia with in the guide lines — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaldawson1010 (talk • contribs) 07:07, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kaldawson1010, there are thousands of articles about Bryant in newspapers and magazines published over several years which provide sufficient independent reliable sources to sustain an encyclopedic article about him. If there are such sources about you an article may be viable, but without in-depth coverage about you in multiple independent sources an article will not be possible. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does Wikipedia keep isp records for wikipedia pages?

It sounds crazy, but I have had a thought: Mr. Cruel This mans crimes are unsolved. He sounds like an extreme narcissist, which means he could possibly be looking at his own wikipedia page. Could wikipedia make a search of all isp's that visited this page? then find the isp's that have the highest frequency of visits. This could lead to something. Probably not, but it couldn't hurt to have a look? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.124.232 (talk) 08:57, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Whatever records we keep, that really wouldn't narrow down anything. ISPs serve large areas, and the location of his crimes would narrow things down more than who looked at the Wikipedia article on him. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:06, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats

My name is Eduard Olariu, i am responsible for ALDE political party online management. I see that there a 3 pages created about ALDE Romania. One in romanian, one in english and one in french:

I would like to edit them a little bit, because the name isn`t correct. The correct name would be:

romanian: ALDE - Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților
english: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
french: ALDE - Alliance des Liberaux et Démocrates

Please help me with this problem fot i cannot edit the names of the pages.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EduardAldeBucuresti (talk • contribs) 10:56, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The English-language article is titled Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania), the name of the party followed by a disambiguating word in parentheses. If we just called it Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, that could lead to confusion with several pan-European groups. Maproom (talk) 11:19, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Additional comments to the original poster, Is ALDE part of the official name of the party? I see that ALDE represents the Pan-European Umbrella that the Romanian Party Group belongs to, but it is unclear whether that is part of the name. Also in regards to pages in various languages. The french page that you mention is actually a disambiguation page that includes the Europe wide party, the group in the European Parliament and your group. The Actual french page for the Romanian group is https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_des_lib%C3%A9raux_et_d%C3%A9mocrates_(Roumanie). Also, there are *nine* language wikipedias with pages on your group. If you look to the left side on any of the pages, you'll see languages that have links to the pages in those languages for your group. They are English, French, Italian, Hungarian, Latin(!), Dutch, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Also, there is a help desk for each of the languages, and so while we can answer questions about english, there may be slight differences as to the rules on each wikipedia. (Though this help desk probably has the highest volume and asking here first was probably a good idea)Naraht (talk) 18:51, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete information posted by blocked account

Dear Help Desk, I have posted information about the company I represent under BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP account. The account was blocked. Now, when trying to post the same information under my personal account (Elena Kolesnik), I cannot attach the logo. The system says a file with this contect already exists. Could you please help me delete the BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP account and all the content posted under this account? Or is there any other way to solve the issue? Thank you, Elena — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elena Kolesnik (talk • contribs) 11:26, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Elena Kolesnik: I can't find an account called User:BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP or more simply User:BRAINPOWER. I do see that you tried to create an article on your userpage at User:Elena Kolesnik though. Before proceeding any further with your efforts, I encourage you to read both WP:COI and WP:CORP. Dismas|^(talk) 12:18, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also see Draft:BRAINPOWER_CIS_–_BPI_GROUP. CaptRik (talk) 15:00, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That draft, if submitted, will be rejected because, among other things, it does not have any reliable independent sources, relying on sources such as Facebook and blogs. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Upload or request image upload

There is an image (SVG) that had a mistake. I fixed it but don't know how to upload or request upload.

Link to image in talk page

The image that needs replacement is in the article of that same page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.163.92 (talk) 15:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.163.92 (talk) 15:36, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Maproom (talk) 16:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Tool for Global changes

The State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart is mentioned in hundreds of pages, but until recently has not had a Wikipedia page. Now that it does, is there an efficient way to wikilink the existing mentions? That is, to change the first mention of "State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart" to "State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart" in every article that mentions it? ubiquity (talk) 16:41, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You could see if someone can set up a bot to help: WP:BOTREQ RudolfRed (talk) 18:14, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Google only finds 9 results. May be easier to just do them by hand. Dismas|^(talk) 18:27, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Which I've just done to about 7 of them. The others were already linked. Dismas|^(talk) 18:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

There is a tool: http://edwardbetts.com/find_link/ . I find it useful, but certainly not perfect. And according to that, all of the links have been done.Naraht (talk) 18:34, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, great, and thank you to @Dismas for doing it. I don't know why I got the impression there were so many. ubiquity (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, searching Wikipedia gives 259 results, but most of them are completely unrelated, only matching "Fine Arts" or other small sections of the text. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 18:45, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If go to the search page and then enter the string in double quotes, you get 11 hits. This help page, the created page in question, and 9 pages now linked. *lots* more pages over on dewiki with the german string.Naraht (talk) 19:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Doora, County Clare

I don't know if this is the right place, but I am going bananas and I need advice. The point is the article Doora, County Clare. Originally the article was about the village Doora but that is later changed to an article about the civil parish with the same name. That other editor seems to refuse to accept that Doora is a really existing village. An admin adviced me to go there and take pictures to proof my case that there is a village, so I just did that (see Talk:Doora, County Clare#The non-existent village of Doora but to my horror, it is just flatly turned down as being original research and only paper sources are valid.

I am desperate and extremely angry... What to do now? The Banner talk 20:36, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This map, from a citable source, shows a village named Doora a little over a mile ESE of Ennis. The coordinates in the Doora, County Clare article put Doora almost three miles ESE of Ennis, and are for a crossroads which Google Earth labels "Noughaval Drive", with Google's label "Doora" a quarter of a mile to the NW of those crossroads, in a particularly empty field. The "Doora" shown by the Philips' Atlas appears to coincide with an entirely modern suburb of Ennis, unnamed in Google Earth, on the road to Ballaghboy. I would take the Atlas as evidence that a village named "Doora" did exist at the end of the 19th century, but not as reliable evidence of its precise position. Maproom (talk) 21:53, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And that is the point more or less. "The other guy" knows of the existence in history of Doora, citing a 1842 map. But does not come to the conclusion that the settlement and church on that map is identical to the present day church (build in 1836-1838) and settlement. He claims that the settlement has disappeared and that the present one can not be Doora. Although I have been standing there... The Banner talk 08:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, The Banner. I'm afraid this is quite a common problem on Wikipedia, though usually about people rather than places. The problem is that most people in the world can't go and check for themselves, so we require a reliable source. The person who told you do go and take pictures is, in my view, completely wrong, and has sent you on a wild goose chase: pictures never prove anything in Wikipedia unless, like other material, they have been published by a reliable source. Even leaving aside the ease nowadays of faking pictures, there is no guarantee that they show what the uploader says they show. So, I'm afraid that unless you can find a reliable published source (not necessarily print) that talks about the present day village, you're going to have to give up. (See verifiability not truth for an essay on the problem). --ColinFine (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Something like this? The Banner talk 20:27, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Crop a photo?

Can someone please crop File:Kirkwjerks2.jpg so that only the head coach is shown? No need for non-notable, sign holding college student fans. Jrcla2 (talk) 23:05, 24 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cropped and uploaded to Commons as File:Kirkwjerks2 cropped.jpg. JIP | Talk 10:43, 25 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Cool, thank you. Jrcla2 (talk) 22:19, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]