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May 28

Moosehead Special

The Moosehead Brewery Produced a product called Moosehead Special in the late 1970-80's. There is no mention of it on their page. I was trying to figure out the production dates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.55.61.190 (talk) 01:03, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP user. All information in a Wikipedia article should be cited to a reliable published source. If a particular piece of information is not there, ideally the article will point you to some sources where you can look for the extra information. I see that the article Moosehead Brewery has many citations, thought I have not looked to see if they might help (or what their quality is. I also notice that it has a box at the top saying that it needs additional citations: this note might be out of date or may still be appropriate). If you can't find an answer that way, then I suggest asking at the miscellaneous section of the Reference Desk: this page is for questions about editing Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 15:16, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wondering about ban

I was looking at the banning policy, then I saw the interaction ban, which prevents someone talking to someone else. And then I wondered: is it legal within Wikipedia rules to use another account (sockpuppet) to talk to that person to which you're interaction banned? It doesn't show that on the section. I will thank whoever answers that to me. Trigonometria⁸₇ ^speak 01:39, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No. Quoting from the polciy on sock puppetry, Policies apply per person, not per account. Ppp ery 01:41, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Trigonometria⁸₇ ^speak 01:45, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to change default preview size of an image ?

The File:Linux kernel interfaces.svg currently has a preview of ~ pixels. It seems too high for certain screens and thus doesn't fit into the screen. Thus, it seems to require a reduction in the size of the preview. The corresponding image in commons (c:File:Linux kernel interfaces.svg) seems to have a preview of 800 × 600 pixels. It seems to be a better choice. How do I change the default preview size for an image ? - - Kaartic ^{correct me, if i'm wrong} 05:07, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Kaartic: I don't think this can be done for a single image. The default preview size comes from your preferences, at Preferences → Appearance → Files. The default there is set by each project - I don't know exactly how - and Wikimedia Commons and the English-language Wikipedia have different defaults. -- John of Reading (talk) 05:50, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@John of Reading: Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't expect the preview size of an image to be dominated by user preferences. Thanks! - - Kaartic ^{correct me, if i'm wrong} 06:14, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

All Wikimedia wikis have the same 800 × 600 default file page preview in mw:Manual:$wgImageLimits. It could be changed in InitialiseSettings.php or CommonSettings.php but it hasn't been. Users can change it in their own account. The thumbsize default in mw:Manual:$wgThumbLimits varies between wikis but that only controls the size when an image is displayed on another page as a thumbnail with unspecified size. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:26, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Minuteman article

I know the name of the article in the 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. It is United States. But I don't how to show it in the Minuteman article. Vejlefjord (talk) 13:55, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can use Template:Cite_encyclopedia template. Ruslik_Zero 14:18, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of subcategories?

I'm looking for a tool that generates a simple list of *all* subcategories of any category. Is there one? PetScan keeps freezing on me, if I search for, e.g. subcats of Category:Women. I guess Special:CategoryTree kinda does the job, but I'm not really looking forward to expanding the subcats one by one. 88.113.104.224 (talk) 21:40, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Spencer Matthews

Please fix up ref number 7 - I did not put in the name of the actual publication. It is all wrong. Sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srbernadette (talk • contribs) 23:05, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Done Eagleash (talk) 23:17, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

HOW TO AVOID ARTICLE DELETION OF YOUNG STUNNA (MUSICIAN)

I'm trying to contest against deletion of the article, items are not poorly sourced, references are available, is there any way possible I can re-edit the article to avoid getting deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rexchuqs (talk • contribs) 11:46, 28 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]