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March 7

Complaint about wikipida page on london prostitutes

Corrupt players from australia including south australian and australian federal police have manipulated this page with their dicriminative and jealous interperetation of events and have deceptive files linked with this wikipeda page including profiles linked with the prostitutes listed on that page these people are insane jealous war criminals and that they have no right in interfering with the world of prostitution because they did engage in a major crime against one of the most prestigous of these women an australian working in luxury apartments in w1 and e1 not a walk up which is a profile that suits filthy nasty cops and others from australia those are not tarts cards they are the business cards of business women well they were in my case anyway these fucking animals from australia have gotten above their posts in everything and make indecency and abuse their full time jobs they are not worthy of the lives they have they are deseased i want thay page changed— Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.183.71.137 (talk • contribs)

Given that you didn't tell us what article you're referring to specifically and your entire post doesn't have any punctuation, I'm not sure any of us can address your concerns. I think that your complaint might be about Prostitution in the United Kingdom, as that's the closest article I see about prostitution in London, but I'm not sure. That said, if you have issues about the content of an article, the best place to take those concerns is the talk page of the article. In this case, that would be Talk:Prostitution in the United Kingdom. Dismas|^(talk) 02:52, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

So you "want thay page changed" (sic). what did your last slave die of? If you want to improve what every article you're referring to, then you create a Wikipedia account and change it yourself– including of course some good references.--Aspro (talk) 11:22, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I shot the.sheriff

I am trying to edit some incorrect info concerning Eric Clapton's cover of "I Shot The Sheriff." The entry claims it was made on 12" vinyl when in fact it was done on 7."

98.216.223.212 (talk) 01:17, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link: "I Shot the Sheriff" -- Dismas|^(talk) 02:42, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Want to use Wiki for a guide sources of my university

Hello,

well, I need some clues to how to start on wiki edition. I want to use it as a guide source for my university, separating by three big areas: history (of some degree course), how to research information (of this same degree course) and how to submitt your article to any science journal.

Could u help me with that? send me any example of wiki uses like it?

Thanks. Marcelo — Preceding unsigned comment added by 177.235.53.42 (talk) 01:43, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Marcelo. I may be misunderstanding, but I think that you are not asking about Wikipedia, but about setting a private wiki for your university: is that right? If so, then you can certainly use the Mediawiki software, the software that Wikipedia uses. I suggest you start by looking at m:Help. --ColinFine (talk) 16:22, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne

Ref number 3 is incorrect. Can you fix pleaseSrbernadette (talk) 03:05, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Srbernadette. I've fixed it. The issue is that each parameter in the citation templates takes just what it calls for – and nothing else. So, for example, title = takes next to it the title of the source and nothing else:

title = Artist takes up residence at the Queen Mother's ancestral home

The name of the newspaper, if you were going to keep using the citation template {{cite web}}, would go next to work =, but I changed it to {{cite news}} and used the newspaper = parameter:

newspaper = The Guardian

The date of the newspaper article goes next to date = and so on. It's fairly straightforward once you learn what each parameter is for, and what information normally gets included in a citation. What one can't do, as whoever placed this citation did, is just willy-nilly try to squeeze in all types of other information under a parameter that is dedicated to one data item type – as in here, placing the title, date and newspaper all next to the work parameter. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:48, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello since I have been unblocked I need help and guidance because I have made several mistakes with Wikipedia in the past

I do admit my faults and I used to be known as venustar84 and neptunekh. That's besides that point. Please help me. 174.7.167.7 (talk) 04:17, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What do you want to do? InedibleHulk (talk) 05:20, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You have not been unblocked and this is currently block evasion. Nobody here can help you. Read your talk page for instructions. --Majora (talk) 05:36, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

But just so you don't go home empty-handed, here's how to build a wagon wheel. You never know. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:47, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That is an external link. Robert McClenon (talk) 05:31, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect pages: can they be included in categories?

Let's say that there is a Wikipedia page that is merely a redirect to another article page. Can that first page (the redirect one) be edited so that it includes Wikipedia categories? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 05:44, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. In some cases it's even appropriate. See Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects Rwessel (talk) 05:56, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK. I was getting confused with redirects versus disambiguation pages. In any event, why then doesn't Wikipedia have a "program" (or whatever) that will automatically place the categories that are listed on the actual page onto the redirect page also? In other words, when I create a redirect page, Wikipedia would automatically add the appropriate categories to the new redirect page (by simply taking them off of the article redirected to). No? Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 06:32, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if such a tool exists, but it would clearly not be appropriate for use in the vast majority of cases. Consider all of the redirects to Ronald Reagan ([1]]. It would be silly to have all of those duplicate the categories that are in the article. Do you really want dozens of minor variations of his name in Category:Presidents_of_the_United_States? OTOH, there are a few cases where two non-obviously related names might exist (see the redirect at Lift bridge, for example) where it is desirable to categorize the second name in at least some contexts. Rwessel (talk) 07:16, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, excellent points! Thanks. When I look at a category, why is it that sometimes an entry is italicized? What does that mean? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 08:11, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects are shown in italics on category pages. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:15, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And is that done automatically by Wikipedia? Or I have to somehow "set that up" that way? That is, so it appears in italics. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:24, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's automatic as far as I can tell - there appears to be no special coding in any of the cases I was able to spot. Rwessel (talk) 18:42, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:38, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What are the procedures to get Notability of my article if it has to be published in Wikipedia? Please guide me through.

What are the procedures to get Notability of my article if it has to be published in Wikipedia? Please guide me through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by G.gagananand (talk • contribs) 09:11, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Convenience link User:G.gagananand/sandbox -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 09:22, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You were given advice, including links to Wikipedia's definition of notability, at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 March 3#Publishing an Article in Wikipedia (after final corrections made in the article created in Sandbox of my user). --David Biddulph (talk) 13:53, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

problem with URL of reference containing [showUid]

Hello, I'm new here...

I'm editing this page: Kai Wessel

I have a problem posting this reference: ^[1]

because it contains [showUid]

I would like it to look like this one: ^[2]

Any tips anyone? Tinckl (talk) 10:25, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ [showUid=3107&cHash=a0b831e0ae817c6864421342f04ae324 Prof. Kai Wessel] at Hochschule der Künste Bern (in German)
^ Prof. Kai Wessel at Hochschule für Musik Köln (in German)

Percent encoding. %5bshowUid%5d

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:22, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Genre field in company infobox

Can someone please tell me how/when is appropriate use of the "genre" field in a company infobox? It says in the Template:Infobox_company page, in the Full Version template, that genre is "Only used with media and publishing companies." Yet I have seen it with other types of companies as well, for example Shake Shack. Is the indication to use only for media/publishing companies outdated? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.179.247.80 (talk) 11:41, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

My understanding is that using it for restaurants is improper, but a quick check shows that a few, such as Waffle House, do it anyway. You could probably just remove it, but it might be better to bring this up at a relevant WikiProject, such as WikiProject Food and drink. It doesn't make any sense to me for a restaurant to have a genre, but maybe they've got a consensus for it. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:25, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Citing a British Library Manuscript

How do I cite this manuscript in the British Library collection? All the other references in the article use {{cite book}}, so I would like it to be consistent if possible. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:03, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It would not be inconsistent or inappropriate to use {{cite web}} – unless you are actually consulting the physical Psalter; in which case {{cite book}} is appropriate.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:40, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I actually only need to show that the manuscript belongs to the British Library, but for some reason the Cite tool refused to parse the url and produce a "cite web" so I thought maybe the British Library is a special case that uses a specific template, but there's nothing listed here. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 14:03, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

citations/references keep jumping to the bottom of my page after category and external links

Hi. I'm drafting an entry in my sandbox. I keep trying to add a section for "external links" and category, respectively, after the "references" section at the end of the page. When I save, all of this content appears directly under "references" and the actual; footnotes all appear at the bottom of the page. What am I doing wrong??? Thanks in advance for your help. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcyCourt71 (talk • contribs) 17:17, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, you needed to insert the {{reflist}} template under the 'references' heading (I've done that). The footnotes will then display in the refs section. If you are intending to add categories add a colon after the first square brackets, thus [[:Category:XXXXX]] until published. Eagleash (talk) 17:26, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How to remove a DYK

Hi! How can I remove a DYK (which is factually incorrect), and replace it with one that is correct? The Quixotic Potato (talk) 19:27, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings. Is it already on the main page? Ask on WP:ERRORS. If it's only a nom, post in the DYK nomination.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 19:31, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Greetings, Earthling. Unfortunately it is already on the main page. I have reported it over at WP:ERRORS. Thank you! The Quixotic Potato (talk) 19:55, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

templates/tags for sources in medical articles

Can anyone point me to the template for medical articles that need sources per WP:MEDRS? Thanks. SW3 5DL (talk) 19:58, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Does WP:MEDRS#Templates help...or is that too obvious? (& I've missed something!) Eagleash (talk) 20:02, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How can I have a Wikipedia editor watch our company page?

How can I have a Wikipedia editor watch our company page? Experian — Preceding unsigned comment added by Experian delgado (talk • contribs) 23:56, 7 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that the page has been subject to some unsourced less than complimentary edits. As you have correctly declared your interest as an employee of the company, you should not edit the page yourself. You can however, make requests at the article's talk-page for edits to be made together with your reasons for them and sources if available. I'm sure other editors will add the page to their watch-lists, as I have done, and will deal with any obvious acts of vandalism or unconstructive editing. Eagleash (talk) 00:11, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, it has 81 watchers. Dismas|^(talk) 01:21, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Also, please do not use the phrase "our company page". This annoys some editors, who think that it is claiming article ownership. To ask for editors to watch "the page about our company" is clear enough. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:00, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] [showUid=3107&cHash=a0b831e0ae817c6864421342f04ae324 Prof. Kai Wessel] at Hochschule der Künste Bern (in German)

[2] Prof. Kai Wessel at Hochschule für Musik Köln (in German)

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