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December 20

How to suppress the auto generated contents table

When ever a page has multiple headings a table of contents is produced in a gray box, is there any way to suppress the generation of that table of contents box? If so how? On a side note, the Help Desk and Teahouse seem like their primarily meant for new users, and this point I don't think I really fit into that category, unless being a new user is just having occasional questions, in which case I'll probably always be a "new user" :). If, my assertion the both the Teahouse and the Help Desk are meant to help new users, and I don't fit that category, is there a place for non-new users to ask questions? —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 00:23, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You want the NOTOC command (no table of contents). Just type NOTOC in the search box and my redirect will take you to the relevant section. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:27, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(ec)@The Editor's Apprentice: This is the place for everyone to ask how to questions. WP:TOC describes the magic words that control the table of contents. There would need to be a good reason to suppress the ToC. Johnuniq (talk) 00:30, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks to both of you. I hope the maintaining the aesthetic quality of my short userpage is a good enough reason, albeit a not very important one. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 05:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Updating someone's name on their Wiki page

I'm a talent manager and am trying to edit the Wiki page of one of my clients -- Amber Frank.

Here's the link to her page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Montana

She used to go by the stage name "Amber Montana" but now she goes by "Amber Frank". She is registered with the Screen Actors Guild as Amber Frank, and all of her recent film and tv credits over the past few years have her billed as Amber Frank. I'm trying to change her wiki page so that the title of the page says "Amber Frank" instead of "Amber Montanta" as well as change all mentions of "Montana" in the body of her wiki page to "Frank." When I try and make the changes to her name myself I get an error message from the site. What is the best way to make these changes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevaldez (talk • contribs) 00:46, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I assume that you were the unregistered user who had their edits reverted on that article. Before you do anything else, you will need to review and comply with the conflict of interest policy and the paid editing policy(the latter is a Wikipedia Terms of Use requirement for those in your situation). ~~I will also post this to your user talk page so you have a copy yourself.~~(update, someone beat me to it) Your edits were reverted because they just appeared to be someone changing the name for no reason. Since you have a conflict of interest, you should not edit the article about your client directly, but you are permitted to go to the article talk page(in this case, Talk:Amber Montana) and make a formal edit request(click that link to review how) explaining what you would like done. 331dot (talk) 00:58, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tip: be sure to include a source; for all anybody knows, you could be just some random person on the internet. —107.15.157.44 (talk) 02:22, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I want to NGO operating in pakistan

I see this page is missing one of the NGO's operating in pakistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_non-governmental_organizations_in_Pakistan#K It does not show me any options to edit this page .

kindly guide me how can i add missing NGO in this list — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ayousafm (talk • contribs) 06:34, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Ayousafm: Does Wikipedia have an article for the NGO. The list shows only NGO's with articles. —teb728 t c 09:07, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Jaydogg1994

Is my old account, I lost my password and had to start a new one, How do i move my old stuff to the new account. Jaydoggmarco (talk) 07:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaydoggmarco: I don't believe it is possible to change the attribution of the old stuff. But you can create a user page at User:Jaydogg1994 saying that you are the same user. —teb728 t c 09:19, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Jaydoggmarco: If you lost your password and could not recover it, there is nothing that can be done to rename your account(i.e. moving your "old" edits). To rename your account you have to be logged in to it to make the request. The only thing that you can do is as teb728 suggests- identify your new account as a successor to the old one. 331dot (talk) 10:08, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Making an article

Hi, Plenty of people have asked me about the history of my place. The article is incomplete if i try to help them out with the link. The article is about a place called bhatkal. Please help by filling in the full information about the place and community.

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.100.221.59 (talk) 09:35, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It's good that you are pointing people to Wikipedia to find information! You are welcome to add to our article about Bhatkal provided that what you add is based on published information and does not just come from your own knowledge. I've put some links on your talk page for you to find out more about editing Wikipedia if you're interested: Noyster (talk), 10:49, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How to entry in Starjalsha Parivar award

SIR My name is jagannath dash. i am 21 years old . i request you give me chance. contact me . mail id Redacted per anti spamming precautions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201887SS (talk • contribs) 12:43, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Probably start with a career in acting and a part on Indian television, as that is what you seem to need to enter per Star Jalsha awards. Britmax (talk) 12:59, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@201887SS and Britmax: Possibly OP started the career already and now wants to have a mention about it in Wikipedia... --CiaPan (talk) 13:08, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. Britmax (talk) 13:20, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I think it more likely that this is not a question about Wikipedia at all, and that Jagannath Dash wants to know what steps to take to be considered for the award. In this case we cannot help, and Jagannath Dash should contact the Star Jalsha offices direct: Noyster (talk), 15:00, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bad behavior

While Recent Changes Patrolling, I've seen certain incidences where users have flipped between accounts and IP addresses, to avoid scruntiny. Is there a technical term for this, and how do I report it? Anon. U. 14:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nevermind, found it, it's WP:SPI — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anonymuss User (talk • contribs) 14:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is no article about web shell on Wikipedia so i created a draft regarding web shell.

I am surprised that there isn't already one. And I talked to another Editor who was also surprised. I am here to ask for help to improve that article and I do believe that some of you will certainly help.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Web_shell

I have copied the most of the draft from a US government website https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA15-314A I know that United States copyright law does permit re-use. But my problem is that it addresses the reader and offers opinions and advice. Can any willing editor help me to fix it ?

The above section is copied from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Computer_science#There_is_no_article_about_web_shell_on_Wikipedia_so_i_created_a_draft_regarding_web_shell.

Eatcha (talk) 14:36, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to me that that is a primary source, Eatcha. Unless there are secondary sources discussing this, it will fail notability, and an article will not be possible, no matter how important the subject may be. --ColinFine (talk) 23:31, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why aren't the sections at this meta-wikimedia article collapsible?

I was reading the Community Engagement Insights Report and noticed that all of the sections for the Community Engagement Department were expanded and not collapsable. I couldn't find anything wrong with the source code, ao I was wondering if anyone knew why the sectioms are behaving in such am odd way. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 20:26, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@The Editor's Apprentice: WIkimedia has a help desk at m:Help_Forum. They may be able to help. -Arch dude (talk) 22:17, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Arch dude: I agree, but none of the questions have been answered dating back more than a month. I came here because I know that this page gets more traffic and that what ever the problem might be its probably not unique to Wikimedia Meta and is an inherent part of the markup.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 22:28, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The "ill" template

According to Template:Interlanguage link, "{{ill|Hooglede town hall|nl|Gemeentehuis van Hooglede}}" gives "Hooglede town hall [nl]", with the words "Hooglede town hall" being an inter-language link. In fact it gives "Hooglede town hall [nl]", a redlink. It ought to link to nl:Gemeentehuis van Hooglede.

I think this stuff used to work. What's going on here? Maproom (talk) 23:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The interlanguage link is on the language code "nl". The lead of the documentation mentions this. It's intentional that the page name is a redlink to the English Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:25, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, that figures (though it's not what the reader might expect). Thank you. Maproom (talk) 23:31, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia search

The Wikipedia search function was never great, but it used to be usable. Now it has lost most of its functionality. For instance, if you wanted to search for a template, you could click the magnifying glass of the search box without filling in the search field, and get to a page where you could specify not only the search topic but what kind of page you wanted to search for, e.g. "template". That has all vanished. Fortunately, Google is still doing a great job, and when I tell it to search for "wiki ill template" it gives what I'm looking for as its first hit. But why has so much functionality been removed from Wikipedia's search function? Maproom (talk) 23:21, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The magnifying glass takes me to Special:Search which has changed interface. I have an "Add namespaces" option which works. You can restore the old interface with "Don’t show the Advanced Search interface" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-searchoptions. You can also search a specific namespace by prefixing it in the search box, e.g. template:example (capitalization doesn't matter). Many MediaWiki changes are intended to make it easier for novices. It sometimes makes it harder for power users, or they have to spend time learning a new interface. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Are you using a mobile device? The "Search in:" option does not appear for me on the mobile search page[1], but does on the desktop search page[2]. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 23:48, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Down or blocked for GDPR reasons?

I'd like to cite this page, from the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania board of elections, in an article on the 2017 Allentown mayoral election. However I can't currently access the page: I see "Access Denied" and "Error code 16: This request was blocked by the security rules". Can a U.S.-based editor tell me whether they encounter the same error message? I'm not sure if this is an instance of a U.S. website blocking European IPs for reasons relating to GDPR compliance – usually I can get around that problem by using Google's cache but in this case that doesn't seem to work. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 23:34, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Works here for me in Vermont. Though I'm going through a work VPN in London... I'll check on my personal laptop too... †dismas†|^(talk) 23:57, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Works fine from Vermont, US. †dismas†|^(talk) 23:58, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm personally unsure why your able to access the page, it seems quite odd. Instead of trying to describe the page to you, I thought it might be easier to send you a link to a copy on the WebArchive[3], if you can't access that, I can get specific information for you if you have anything specific you're looking for. I can also alternayively send you a screenshot.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 23:59, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Beat me to it :P WelpThatWorked (talk) 00:01, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Wierdest Race on the Web :D! The whole time I though dismas was going to be me to the finish line when he kept editing the page! —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 00:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

loud edit conflict noises WelpThatWorked (talk) 00:12, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Shhhhh! Don't let the Arbitration Committee here!—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 00:24, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the quick replies everyone. I can see the list of links to elections on the Wayback Machine version, but unfortunately when I click on the links the page gets stuck on "Working..." (with a little gif of what I assume is the county crest) and goes no further. The information I'm looking for – assuming it's there – is the results of the 2017 Allentown mayoral general election (under "Municipal Election - November 7, 2017") and the mayoral primary (or primaries – under "Municipal Primary – May 2017"). Without having seen the information I'm not sure what the best method to transfer it would be – a screenshot would be great but if the results are just a few lines of text they could perhaps be just as easily pasted here? – Arms & Hearts (talk) 00:40, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

https://imagebin.ca/v/4QiBYSyGY3u1 there you go, Have fun! WelpThatWorked (talk) 01:12, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dammit! Here is my stuff anyway: https://imgur.com/gallery/ZGXDhHu —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 01:13, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What made it my link for a second? :P — Preceding unsigned comment added by WelpThatWorked (talk • contribs) 01:16, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A messy use of cut and paste, I was seeing what your upload was :>.—The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 02:07, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks both! Wishing you the happiest of holidays. – Arms & Hearts (talk) 22:56, 21 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]