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March 1

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 1

  1. How to fix disambiguation in Interstate Exit List
  2. minor display problem
  3. Thomas Davis (priest)
  4. Katharine, Duchess of Kent
  5. Selective reversions
  6. Archive bot issue
  7. changes to the main page?
  8. Page creation request
  9. Referencing errors on Draft:Higherlife Foundation
  10. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  11. Neutrality issue
  12. rendering failed with a non zero code 1
  13. Names of the company where the Maslow theory of motivation is used ?
  14. The Final Project wikipedia page
  15. Old templates?

March 2

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 2

  1. Add picture to existing article
  2. Arrows in external links
  3. Reads like a resume
  4. How to increase the heights of rows in a table or chart
  5. Editing images and article titles for iOS app
  6. Marking a page that is undergoing a major edit
  7. Is there a log of what's on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page daily?
  8. Creating an account if IP is blocked
  9. Font TOO SMALL
  10. Trump Movement Article
  11. Disruptive editing by ip address: 188.220.38.0
  12. I am very new to Wikipedia, I am learning the ropes on how to write a proper article

March 3

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 3

  1. Nick Diaz
  2. Tool to flip NRHP URLs?
  3. disambiguation in infobox
  4. Publishing an Article in Wikipedia (after final corrections made in the article created in Sandbox of my user)
  5. Wileyfox corrections
  6. Islamic State of Iraq and levant
  7. Wrong work of text editor in image
  8. How does one enter the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) for an article about a location?
  9. MACP

March 4

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 4

  1. :Draft:Joseph Walter Mountin
  2. Please delete this article: Mohammed Ali (entrepreneur).
  3. fix this
  4. Image Question
  5. editing a page
  6. Adding external links
  7. Referencing errors on List of ice hockey teams in Alberta
  8. John Wayne
  9. Uechi-Ryu--Help with Edit War
  10. display quirk on ipad
  11. Illegal use of Wikipedia content?
  12. Listing multiple geographic coordinates?
  13. You tube
  14. Austrian painters
  15. Why was my article deleted?
  16. Uploading a photo to a new page

March 5

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 5

  1. Martineau family
  2. Martineau family
  3. create a book in formats other than txt or pdf
  4. Create new article and admin user blocked it.
  5. How link a word to wiktionary page without indicating that the link is going to wiktionary?
  6. EDITS
  7. change to wikipedia
  8. A Administrator to Protect My Pages & To Keep My Changes On Wikipedia Please without Anyone Else Changing it Without My Permission
  9. I am involved in an edit-a-thon (my term, not theirs) today

March 6

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 6

  1. Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
  2. Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
  3. Page question
  4. Why my article is not publish
  5. Confusion about warnings
  6. Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
  7. Gibside
  8. Finding my books
  9. Correction needed
  10. Too many links
  11. Can't always access "Cite" in the wikitext edit window
  12. Adding reference to an article
  13. Put link inside of If statement
  14. Question about link
  15. Plz correct the information in the page "Mahatma Gandhi".
  16. missing major data on page
  17. Donald J. Trumps page.
  18. Upload new company logo
  19. Preferenece "Show preview on first edit"
  20. Charles Pierrepont, 1st Earl Manvers
  21. List of England cricketers who have taken five-wicket hauls on Test debut

March 7

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 7

  1. Complaint about wikipida page on london prostitutes
  2. I shot the.sheriff
  3. Want to use Wiki for a guide sources of my university
  4. Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne
  5. Hello since I have been unblocked I need help and guidance because I have made several mistakes with Wikipedia in the past
  6. Redirect pages: can they be included in categories?
  7. What are the procedures to get Notability of my article if it has to be published in Wikipedia? Please guide me through.
  8. problem with URL of reference containing [showUid]
  9. Genre field in company infobox
  10. Citing a British Library Manuscript
  11. citations/references keep jumping to the bottom of my page after category and external links
  12. How to remove a DYK
  13. templates/tags for sources in medical articles
  14. How can I have a Wikipedia editor watch our company page?

March 8

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 8

  1. Gibside
  2. Orphan Articles
  3. Please Delete Our Company Page on Wikipedia
  4. WIKI Book
  5. Soundtracks
  6. Templates
  7. No contents list at top of article
  8. nazi symbols
  9. Help undoing a move in order to create two articles
  10. How do I create molecular diagrams for use in pages?
  11. Illuminated letters
  12. Contributing
  13. Gathering content for an article

March 9

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 9

  1. Need an expert in Template:Sfn
  2. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  3. Suggested improvement to the instructions for requesting a redirect
  4. Referencing errors on Comparison of optical character recognition software
  5. Referencing errors on Unha
  6. Change page name: Turners Cross, Cork
  7. Editing in Sandbox
  8. External links
  9. Request edit - needed once and for all

March 10

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 10

  1. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key Slasher film
  2. jagmohan singh engraver
  3. Need to create and publish an article
  4. How to write page for maximum problem template
  5. View page history for deleted and merged pages
  6. Foot notes.

March 11

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 11

  1. Comments on already-archived ANI
  2. I have tried several times unsuccessfully to set up an article.
  3. Someone without permission edited a client of mine's page
  4. Article Deletion
  5. Should I add deleted content to a deletion review request?
  6. Workshop
  7. Mass decapitalization bot?
  8. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  9. Referencing errors on Tim Wilson (politician)
  10. How to enable project tags on GLAM page?
  11. Android issues
  12. :Talk:Fittipaldi FD

March 12

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 12

  1. Page post to website
  2. references
  3. How can I access Wikipedia on mobile?
  4. edit warning
  5. Barnstar and WikiProject
  6. References not appearing
  7. Hiding App banner
  8. New Page for Abu naser
  9. Is there a Wikipedia template or tag for "incorrect date formats"?

March 13

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 13

  1. Archiving URLs
  2. Critical Reviews
  3. Asking for Cleanup, Help desk page, category removal
  4. Hello! How do I place the correct URL in an author link?
  5. help with dealing with vandalism
  6. ??????
  7. Citation templates

March 14

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 14

  1. Gene ZEF
  2. Can't use DYK form?
  3. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  4. help with a new page
  5. Sources
  6. Dominance and submission
  7. Template:Split section

March 15

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 15

  1. Change article title
  2. Replacing a stub
  3. Search for Boolean combination of categories
  4. Cane Toads - Australia
  5. Shami Kabab
  6. non-English reference
  7. How do I create a new page
  8. Potential copyright problems with picture
  9. Bryan Martin
  10. Joan Lescinski
  11. List For Red-Links
  12. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

March 16

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 16

  1. Disappointed with Wikipedia
  2. Revert on Boeing AH-64 Apache
  3. Please Distinguish Between the Sharon Bryant of Atlantic Starr and the death of the indian chief Sharon Bryant.
  4. Who deals with announcing events
  5. Adding categories to an article
  6. How can my band get a Wikipedia page without me filing (as a COI)?
  7. Change image
  8. Getting rid of Issue messgaes
  9. New Dorp, Staten Island
  10. HELP: My User Name/Signature Hijacked?
  11. It's drafty in here

March 17

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 17

  1. If Conditional
  2. Lupton family
  3. Coding experts
  4. How to change or delete a wiki submission
  5. Is there a template that indicates time elapsed between two years?
  6. Omen V: The Abomination
  7. Lupton family
  8. English article link from Chinese (ZH) article "新柔长堤" wrong, but Wikidata's link is correct?
  9. Keynote SIGOS
  10. Editing wars
  11. Guideline/policy for referencing sources from predatory publishers
  12. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  13. a few articles
  14. Request for a static JKLF Introductoin
  15. Person of Interest Season 5 - Edit Conflict

March 18

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 18

  1. Enquiry
  2. Inserting a link to an organisation
  3. My contribution
  4. SPI case not appearing on case list
  5. Non-linked images
  6. How exactly do I alter or manipulate a "sorting" result?
  7. How did I get Talk Pages on a foreign Wikipedia site?

March 19

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 19

  1. Why did a bot delete my request for comment tag on the Yahweh article?
  2. fixing my organization's wikipedia page
  3. Referencing errors on 2016–17 NHL season
  4. Referencing errors on 2016 in American television
  5. Long paragraph break
  6. Schools and notability
  7. How do you add a category to an article?
  8. Editing images on iOS app
  9. How do I format this table correctly?
  10. Wikipedia link leads to Malware. How to Report?
  11. How to fully revert an edit after several more edits have "buried" it?
  12. Why is there no articles for creation tag/rating on my article?

March 20

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 20

  1. Sketchy edits by User:Iching4096, User:HeSeaBlueDogJueyin, and User:Xiangzi9
  2. Exception encountered, of type "Exception"
  3. Someone is undoing all my edits
  4. Poorly considered category move has created a mess
  5. Additions references for page Rose
  6. How to upload own file ?
  7. Log in problem
  8. Accounts created by other users without account creator permissions
  9. Help needed with MfD
  10. New (to me) mobile site - where is it discussed?
  11. reference desk 'edit' option disappeared
  12. Well meaning, but I don't know where to start ....
  13. Getting access to a digitised source

March 21

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 21

  1. Maintaining data consistency across multiple articles
  2. Incorrect facts about Thom Mayer, M.D.
  3. Timaru Christian School
  4. UFC 157 - 2013 in UFC
  5. Referencing errors on 1919 Philadelphia Athletics season
  6. Getting 401s from wikimedia
  7. Disruptive edits from dynamic IP
  8. Adding footnotes
  9. Deceased Wikipedian process
  10. How exactly do I use CSS?
  11. I need to talk, and this is an important issue.
  12. Hindi films
  13. What is Good Faith edits?
  14. US Wiknic Organiser
  15. Is it possible to search within my contributions?

March 22

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 22

  1. Revealing IP addresses
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
  3. Random Article
  4. I am unable to log into a wikipedia
  5. How to take my staff out of social media
  6. Bing Results show Old Logo
  7. Adding a WWII Veteran to the list of survivors?
  8. How do I get a chart/table to sort ordinal numbers correctly?
  9. Draft in userspace
  10. Liza Jacqueline
  11. uploading images
  12. initial screen

March 23

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 23

  1. Untitled
  2. :Stitchers
  3. On Wikipedia, is an editor "allowed" to edit the remarks and comments of another editor on Talk Pages?
  4. mortgage law
  5. ?how can I write a new Wikipedia article?
  6. submit an article
  7. Assessment box display
  8. IP
  9. Problem with article
  10. Help with re-titling: David L. Mackenzie

March 24

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 24

  1. error in the format of IMDB links on actors/films
  2. How To Use Wikipedia
  3. Does Wikipedia keep isp records for wikipedia pages?
  4. Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
  5. Delete information posted by blocked account
  6. Upload or request image upload
  7. Tool for Global changes
  8. Doora, County Clare
  9. Crop a photo?

March 25

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 25

  1. What is the template to add notes in an article?
  2. Question from User:G.gagananand
  3. Copyright Violation "The Words Hear the Light" - Misunderstanding
  4. How do I prevent the bottom row from being sorted in a table?
  5. Query
  6. Blocking text
  7. Recent edit denied
  8. Page to be deleted
  9. Help with National College of Natural Medicine Page
  10. Page title that includes a "/"
  11. Linking in text to foreign language wiki page
  12. Broken logo in article
  13. Is my draft article in the right place to be seen and reviewed?

March 26

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 26

  1. Referencing errors on Areapal
  2. Cannot log in using Firefox
  3. Dao De Jing
  4. Using wiki ap
  5. Error
  6. one inquire

March 27

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 27

  1. Can't find WhatLinksHere link
  2. Facebook links
  3. Bendix Trophy Race for Aeronautics
  4. Referencing errors on Joseph Jacobs
  5. Table problem

March 28

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 28

  1. Referencing errors on Douglas H. Evans
  2. URL redirects to ?
  3. Draft Article
  4. How do I get a check mark to print?
  5. Arkay Beverages
  6. Link to other language wiki
  7. Category question
  8. request for update of the information on Afghan Embassy in Washington DC
  9. Says that I don't have reliable sources
  10. Hi i am new to wiki i have a quick question...
  11. deleting/removing a page
  12. Referencing errors on Samsung Galaxy S III
  13. Help?

March 29

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 29

  1. help page problem Reply Comment
  2. Image brightness
  3. In Wikipedia tables, can you include calculations similar to Excel?
  4. Making image
  5. Talk page archiving hiccup
  6. Infoboxes
  7. Sean Astin
  8. Error message for adding external links
  9. :File:Arrow (Stephen Amell).jpg

March 30

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 30

  1. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  2. Uploading image under nonfree licence to Wikicommons
  3. Citing academia.edu?
  4. UFC 157
  5. Removing warning
  6. Lions
  7. "Versus"
  8. Menkes disease
  9. Three seems to be a vandal
  10. Other Wikipedians/People Editing My Edits after I have Totally Updated Them.
  11. Interwiki

March 31

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Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2016 March 31

  1. Extreme Masked Kill
  2. I want to add an iinformation
  3. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  4. Two Wiki Accounts to One
  5. World History Error
  6. Replacing resources broken links
  7. Article on one or two charities
  8. Boxes around text
  9. Wikipedia Advanced Searches
  10. How to return/reply comments to the reviewer
  11. Famous sites
  12. User:Lupin/popups.js
  13. Freedom of speech portal icon
  14. April Fools
  15. generalized whitehead product