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November 3

PAGE CREATION

How can i create a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baran Ahmet (talk • contribs) 04:21, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

@Baran Ahmet: Some useful links have been left at your talk page. Please sudy them carefully, especially the link to writing your first article together with the notability guide. You should begin your draft via the article wizard and submit it for review when you think it is ready. You will need to gather as much information as you can in reliable sources which cover the subject in-depth. Cite these inline, as detailed at WP:REFB, to support statement in the draft. At review, experienced editors will provide feedback on where improvements are necessary.

Please do not ask the same questions in multiple locations or wite in all-caps and (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 04:50, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

remove birth date

I noticed that someone recently added my recent birthdate to a wiki entry and for a variety of reasons, some legal, I do not want it on-line. How can I remove it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:647:5A01:5E40:FD77:7F8A:1676:D446 (talk) 04:43, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, IP editor. Please read Privacy of personal information and using primary sources for information about how Wikipedia addresses the issue of birth dates. You should make a request to remove the date on the talk page of the article in question. Wikipedia:Edit requests explains the process. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 04:49, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Logo policy on Wikipedia?

I'm trying to add a logo on an article, and the Help:Adding_images says I can't add photos. Which is weird, because there are a lot of logos of companies, even popular ones like Apple and Microsoft. Could a fellow Wikipedian sort the rules out? SemiDiaphanous (talk) 07:50, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Logos. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

unidentified body found in Oregon

Hi I was reading about unidentified bodies found in Oregon and I saw that at least two women were not listed. they were found on highway 20 only the skulls were found but nobody knows who they were and they are not listed on your page so this is why I have left this message please look into these women so they can maybe someday be identified. thank you Joey Lowell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:1C1:8B82:4FA0:A12E:66B6:292A:7B8B (talk) 10:55, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. It would help if you would tell us which of our six million articles you are talking about. In any case, this is the encyclopaedia that anybody may edit, so if you have reliable published sources for the information, you may add it to the article. (The worst that can happen is that somebody disagrees with your edit, and reverts it. Then you can start a discussion with them: see BRD). --ColinFine (talk) 16:07, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Several requests to reset password

Can anyone help with this?

I have now had two emails, apparently from Wikipedia, saying that - 'Someone(probably you), from IP address xxxxxxxx requested a reset of your password for Wikipedia.' A temporary password was sent both times.

I have not requested a reset of my password, but after the first email I did reset it.

However, I have just received a second email, with the same request.

Are these genuine, and do I need to do anything about them?

Thanks in anticipation of all help.

BMW — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bridget Wood (talk • contribs) 11:40, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Bridget Wood. If you didn't request a change, you don't need to worry about it. It means that somebody has tried to login with your account, and picked "Reset my password". This might be an error, or might be malicious; but either way, they have not got access to your account. --ColinFine (talk) 16:14, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Help needed to correct errors

In the page entitled 'History of Valencia' it says, "Valentia was a typical Roman city in its conception, as it was located in a strategic location near the sea on a river island crossed by the Via Augusta, the imperial road that connected the province to Rome, the capital of the empire." There is absolutely no way that this is correct. Several reasons. Valencia or Valentia as the Roman city was called was first settled in 138 BCE. The Via Augusta was the named for Augustus who reigned in Rome between 16 January 27 BC and 19 August AD 14 and the roadway Via Augusta was constructed between 8 BCE and 2 BCE and.

In addition, according to the this webpage: https://whc.unesco.org/archive/websites/valencia/us/city/pgs/cit.history.htm and also this webpage: https://www.britannica.com/place/Valencia-Spain, both of which quote the Roman historian Livy (or Titus Livius) a Roman historian who lived before Florus, Valencia was founded by former solidiers who fought with the Lusitanian leader Viriathus following their leader's death by Roman treachery.

While logically it might make more sense that Valencia was settled by Roman soldiers as suggested by Florus, the fact that Livy writes that it was settled by former soldiers of Rome's enemy makes some sense as it would have given these enemy soliders land in an area somewhat distant from their homelands in Lusitania. Perhaps both ideas need to be written down.

I don't know how to correct these errors. Please advise, step by step, what needs to be done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AkilinaL (talk • contribs) 13:01, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

AkilinaL (talk) 13:03, 3 November 2019 (UTC)AkilinaL

• Note: Editor also posted a request at their TP, which has been responded to. Eagleash (talk) 16:13, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

My ex fooled with everything

Can u reset it to new — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brianerhardt41 (talk • contribs) 14:40, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Brianerhardt41: I'm afraid that if you want anybody to help you, you'll need to be more explicit about what you need. What is the "everything" that your ex fooled with? If it's something to do with Wikipedia then we might be able to help (though I'm not sure what they might have fooled with in Wikipedia). If it's nothing to do with Wikipedia, then we can't help here - this is a page for answering questions about editing Wikipedia, nothing else. If it's something on your computer, then it's possible that the guys at the computing section of the Wikipedia Reference Desk might be able to help - but, again, you'll have to be more precise about what is broken. --ColinFine (talk) 16:24, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.17.200.166 (talk • contribs) 3 November 2019 14:57 (UTC)

• Note: This appears to relate to Rapaka Vara Prasada Rao where an unconstructive edit by the IP broke referencing and has been reverted by David. Eagleash (talk) 18:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

At Bertram's Hotel

Why was the character, Amelia Walker, was NOT listed as a character in your publication listing actors in the movie "At the Bertram Hotel"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.255.23.177 (talk) 15:10, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello, Wikipedia does not seem to have an article about the TV film based upon the Agatha Christie book. Wikipedia has an article (as now shown in the heading) about the book itself. The character is mentione in the changes between the book and the TV production. Please note new posts go at the bottom of a page and (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 15:55, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Adding "svg made with Inkscape" template

On a Wikimedia Commons picture (see File:Apple logo black.svg) I see an infobox that says, "this text-logo was created with Inkscape". How do I include it in my own picture? SemiDiaphanous (talk) 18:56, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

SemiDiaphanous. See commons:Help:Inkscape#Tagging Inkscape files. By the way, you can Wikilink to images without actually displaying the image by using an initial colon, so [[:File:Apple logo black.svg]] displays as File:Apple logo black.svg. --ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Great Wall navigation page

The above template gives the sense that the Great Wall is a long east to west line but as can be seen from the diagram in this link chinahighlights.com/greatwall/map.htm there were several branches of the Great Wall. Principally, there was an Outer Great Wall (the main line), Inner Great Wall (a shorter east-west line), and a spur along the Hebei/Shanxi. These terms are taken from a book on the Great Wall The Great Wall of China 221 BC–AD 1644. Is there anyway to organize the links as a diagram rather than misleading straight line?

• Inner (from east to west): Juyonggu - Pingxing - Yanmen - Guangwu
• Hebei/Shanxi border spur: Niangzi Pass
• Outer: All the other links in the diagram

Greatvictor999 (talk) 19:11, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

The place for discussing potential changes to that template is on its talk page, Template talk:Great Wall of China. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:47, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I have no idea how to technically implement this so that is why I'm bringing it up at the help desk. Greatvictor999 (talk) 20:02, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

The discussion should be at the template talk page, not here at the help desk. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:13, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

I am asking for technical help so I believe this the appropriate place. I don't think you are being helpful and ask you not to respond further. Greatvictor999 (talk) 21:02, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

It is possible to use a route diagram as a navigation template, Greatvictor999, and this is often done for railway lines; see, for example Template:East Coast Main Line diagram. This appears to be built on Template:Routemap: I don't know if it will generate anything appropriate or not. I think David Biddulph's concern was that you shouldn't consider such a major change to a template without discussing it first. --ColinFine (talk) 21:18, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

​The navbox is just a simple collection of articles about the wall, it's maybe not the necessary to have a detailed diagram. You could maybe add groupings such as here:

It's also possible to have deeper groupings.

– Thjarkur (talk) 23:21, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

Thanks I will follow you suggestion and post in the discussion page the template the rationale for this change. I still welcome any suggestions on feasible ways to display the sections of the wall as a diagram in the template. This is the case where a quick visualization helps make a topic less confusing. Greatvictor999 (talk) 18:43, 4 November 2019 (UTC)

"Action throttled"

Hello, I've been doing a lot of article assessments, and I've come across a page that says, "Action throttled". Why does this happen, and are there any tips to avoid it in the future? Thanks, SemiDiaphanous (talk) 19:23, 3 November 2019 (UTC)

​This only happens because your account is new, it's to prevent vandals and bots from causing too much damage quickly. When you become autoconfirmed (which happens automatically for you in 3 three days), you should no longer be subject to throttling. – Thjarkur (talk) 23:28, 3 November 2019 (UTC)