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February 6

Review the code

Hi could you kindly help with this as to what this code does exactly

var dateRegExp=new RegExp("-","g");
var timeRegExp=new RegExp("\\.","g");
var nodeList=tw.local.tableXML.xpath("variable/fields/item[not(isSerialized='true') and xpath]");
var baseXpath="variable";
//if(tw.local.resultSet.getAttribute("recordCount")>1){
if(tw.local.objectXML.getAttribute("type").indexOf("[]")!=-1){
      baseXpath="variable/item";
      while(tw.local.objectXML.xpath(baseXpath).length<tw.local.resultSet.getAttribute("recordCount")){
            tw.local.objectXML.xpath("variable")[0].appendChild(new tw.object.XMLElement("item"));
      }
}

You can ask at WP:VPT. Cheers. Eurodyne (talk) 05:22, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

WP:VPT if this code is anything to do with Wikipedia, or the Computing Reference Desk if not. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:38, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

this cite error message appeared when I made a minor edit to the article on Kenneth French I'm afraid I have no idea what "section title" means Theodosius21 (talk) 03:31, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

@Theodosius21: You can see what you actually did in your edit here, which included adding <ref></ref> to the page with nothing in between those citation tags. That is what caused the error. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 05:05, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

FYI, a "section title" is also known as the "subject/headline", which shows up at the top of a section. --Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What I've done?} 10:28, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Updated Help:Cite errors/preload to use "subject/headline". --  Gadget850 ^talk 14:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Help me

Ryanlee78creativebugs (talk) 09:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC) i recently create a article under sandbox under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ryanlee78creativebugs/sandbox

i intend to post it but im getting noted saying Created a introduction abt REDtone) (current) (Tag: Possible self promotion in userspace)

Please help

Answered at Wikipedia:Teahouse/Questions#trying to post a article. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:59, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Help needed for new entry

(header added to avoid confusion with previous section. GermanJoe (talk) 10:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC))

Hello,

Could you possibly help? This whole process is unduly complicated, and whilst being moderately computer-savvy, most of your instructions are way beyond me. I'd like to place an entry for an author friend of mine. It is already written, and being a new member I'm now in the 4-day waiting period before I can proceed. What I don't understand is how I place her name at the top of my entry so that people looking for 'Maureen Carter' will be directed to it.

There are numerous hints on WRITING an entry - but both she and me are experienced writers! - what you don't explain is how to get her entry under her name.

I would so appreciate your help on this !

Regards, Adrian Juste (aka Morriss Man) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Morriss Man (talk • contribs) 10:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

@Morriss Man: There is no 4-day waiting period before you can proceed. You must be thinking of autoconfirmeded users (who also need to make at least 10 edits), but that is not required to write an article. For new users, especially when they have a connection to the subject, it is recommended to use Wikipedia:Articles for creation. It may initially get a name like "Draft:Maureen Carter". If the article is accepted then the reviewer will automatically give it an appropriate name which will be displayed at the top. Maureen Carter is currently a redirect to List of EastEnders characters (2000)#Maureen Carter so it's possible the reviewer will choose a name like "Maureen Carter (author)". Note that everything in the article must already have been published by a reliable source. You cannot use unpublished personal knowledge. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:42, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

image info box

I am trying to put an image into an info box - but keep getting just PCOLogo.png appearing as text in red. What am I doing wrong please — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allthingscoastal (talk • contribs) 11:44, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

@Allthingscoastal: The logo would have to be uploaded before it can be used in an article. I see no sign of such a file being uploaded. There may also be a problem in your infobox code but I would have to see the code to tell and it doesn't appear you have saved it. Can you give a link to the logo? Logos usually have to be uploaded by an autoconfirmed user with a fair use claim but if it's http://www.channelcoast.org/images/07/logoSW.png then it may fall under Wikipedia:Logos#Copyright-free logos. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I see you added {{Infobox}} shortly after my post. I have changed it to the more specific {{Infobox organization}}. The linked page has documentation for the parameters. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding information to an existing page.

Good afternoon, I have just updated the Sunderland Symphony Orchestra page by adding a new paragraph at the beginning and modifying some of the contents.

My typing was all within the left and right margins, but when viewing the finished article, it has spread widthwise to more than twice the screen width.

Where have I gone wrong? Help will be appreciated. Thank you,

David E. Mills, Orchestra Chairman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David Edward Mills (talk • contribs) 14:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

@David Edward Mills: Leading spaces cause special formatting. Wikipedia starts a new paragraph by making a blank line. I have done this a few times at Sunderland Symphony Orchestra. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Accidently created page: Irradiation Mantle

Hi I accidently created a page that I meant to save in my sandbox. It is for a class and I still need to make the page but didn't mean to make it go live. What should I do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robnarmour1018 (talk • contribs) 14:22, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I have moved it for you, and removed the speedy deletion tag which had been placed on it. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:28, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I realised that I had erroneously moved it to User talk:Robnarmour1018/sandbox, but I can't move it to User:Robnarmour1018/sandbox because that already exists; I've placed a move request, which will hopefully soon be actioned for you. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:37, 6 February 2015 (UTC) ‎

Sadly, it seems that the speedy deletion got actioned before the move request. Maproom (talk) 14:56, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

The page was almost empty from the beginning. It wasn't deleted and is now at User:Robnarmour1018/sandbox. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:46, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Non-free reduce tag

A 640x480 image was uploaded to en-wiki yesterday for use in the infobox of TransAsia Airways Flight 235. Since then, the non-free reduce tag has been added twice by two different editors, and neither will respond to a ping for explanation or clarification. The rationale for the size is clear and clearly explained. What should I do? The related discussion is the second section at File talk:TransAsia Flight 235 crash.png. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

‎Fuhghettaboutit has removed the tag with a very impressive sounding edit summary. So fixed, I hope. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:21, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Ha! I've hopefully nudged BRD to take place.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:33, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Firefox stops responding on large pages

Does anyone know about any conflicts between our software or gadgets/js and any add-ons for Firefox? When I edit large pages (entire large pages as opposed to just sections of pages), Firefox locks up almost immediately and has to be killed from the Windows 7 Task Manager. I'm pretty sure that it's an FF add-on causing the problem because it doesn't occur if I start FF in Safe Mode so that none of the add-on's load. I know the right way to diagnose it by disabling my add-on's one at a time until it goes away, but I run a lot of add-on's and that's a PITA, so was hoping that someone here might know of a usual suspect or two to try first. Regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 15:28, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

No clue, but your best chances of success would likely be at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing. Numerous computer geeks to be found there. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:37, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

It's been doing this to me too, but I haven't investigated. --ColinFine (talk) 12:40, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Copy-editing a draft article

I am expecting a request from an editor for help in copy-editing the draft of an article he is working on. I have never heard of copy-editing another editor's draft article. Is that permissible, or wise, even? ~ P-123 (talk) 16:18, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Hey P-123. Drafts are copyedited all the time – yes, it's permissible. Wise? Well, maybe not if you think the topic has no place here (because no amount of copyediting will help a subject become notable) but if that's not an issue then there is no issue I see.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:39, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit: Thank you. I have no idea about the notability of the article, but fear the editor might hack it about mercilessly before uploading it so that much time and effort spent copy-editing (translating!) would be wasted. This has happened before with articles I have carefully copy-edited (translated!), where editors have changed their minds drastically about what should be in the article, so am somewhat chary about getting involved at the early stages of an article! ~ P-123 (talk) 16:54, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Forgot to mention that the draft is still in the editor's sandbox. I don't suppose that makes any difference to what you said, though does it? ~ P-123 (talk) 16:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

I think that makes a big difference. I freely edit drafts, as I regard them as "public property", like articles. But I have very rarely edited anything (except for talk pages) in a user's space, and then only with their explicit permission. Maproom (talk) 17:26, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Maproom: I thought anything in a sandbox was a "draft". Are drafts formally distinguished from final versions in "public" space, or am I seeing a difference where there is none? ~ P-123 (talk) 17:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

@P-123: Nope, no difference. It's hard to talk about this in the theoretical and your time is your own. If you feel it's not worth your effort given what the actual draft looks like, or you think the person is going to radically change the content anyway, making early efforts to turn it into acceptable English prose mostly a waste, declining such a request is your prerogative. Guard your time jealously for efforts that matter (easier said than done of course). As to notability, it's an important consideration because why bother if it looks like the topic is unsuitable for an article no matter how polished and neutral the prose? The issue is whether there are sufficient reliable and independent sources writing about the topic in detail to show that the world has taken note of the topic and that the information content can be verified. BTW, I might mention that there is one potential implication of editing a draft: when there's a later improper copy and paste move to the mainspace rather than a use of the move function. Though a move is almost always better, when a draft that has only one editor is copied and pasted somewhere else by that same editor, there's no copyright problems because the pasted locations history still lists the sole author as the author. But if a draft has other substantive editors, then a copy and paste move severs the new location from the history of the draft, which provides the copyright attribution.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 17:39, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Fuhghettaboutit: Help! There is more to this than I thought. Thanks for taking the trouble to give such a full answer! I will pass this on to the editor concerned, who I understand is a newbie. ~ P-123 (talk) 18:16, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

First, did you say that the author of the draft has requested your help in copy-editing it? If so, has the author confirmed that they are finished with it, or do they also plan to "hack it about"? My own advice would be not to bother to copy-edit the article until the author states that they are finished with it, but that it is just a matter of avoiding rework. Second, although all of a draft in a user's sandbox, a draft in named user space, and a draft in draft space are available to anyone to edit, it is generally assumed that a draft in draft space is there for review by other editors, and a draft in a user's sandbox is there only for the originator, and a draft in user space with an article name is in between. I would not advise copy-editing an article in a user's sandbox, even if that is requested, and would not advise copy-editing in article with an article name in user space unless it has been requested. Those are my thoughts for now. I wouldn't waste time editing if the author also plans to continue editing. Also, if the article appears not to be capable of passing notability, I would advise so advising the author and leaving it alone, regardless of what space it is in. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:25, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Coming at this from the other direction – if I create a draft, in draft space, it is because I would like it to become an article some day, so I hope other editors will improve it. If I create a subpage of my user page, I know that other editors can read it, but I "own" it and I really don't want anyone to edit it. Maproom (talk) 20:55, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you to everyone for their clear and full answers, it is much appreciated. ~ P-123 (talk) 10:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC).

Old Text templates?

I see Old Text templates used when there does not seem to be a need because 1) The article does not "incorporate text," it only uses the source as a source 2) The use of the material is already footnoted.

For instance, at Christianity in China among the list of Old Text Templates is  This article incorporates text from The Chinese Repository, Volume 13, a publication from 1844, now in the public domain in the United States., which is referenced in notes 13 & 14.

There is no explanation at Old Text template.

Am I missing something? Is it OK to delete these templates?

Cheers, ch (talk) 22:50, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

The general answer is that if a work is used only as a source (i.e. it is not copied verbatim or closely paraphrased) then it does not need a PD-old-text template. Determining to what extent the work is used, however, can be somewhat tricky. The article history shows that much of the material from Vol 13 of "The Chinese Repository" was added to the "Christianity in China" article by User:Labnoor (e.g. citing it and adding the PD-old-text template) so you might try to contact this editor at User talk:Labnoor to ask whether the source was used for more than just a source. Another way to handle it would be to use an online tool such as the WikiMedia Foundation's Duplication Detector or a third-party tool like Copyscape to compare the text of the Wikipedia article to the text of the source of which portions are alleged to be incorporated. A full text of Volume 13 of "The Chinese Repository", for example, is available here. In general it's a good idea to be very cautious about removing these templates as they relate to copyright and if there is any substance to their claims then it is important to notify readers of Wikipedia's claims to their free use. I hope that helps. -Thibbs (talk) 13:43, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

February 7

Consistent Misspelling

Hi. Although no longer so amazing as everyone has become so dumb, the disease name "Downes Syndrome" is not shown in Wikipedia and even WORD's dictionary does not list it. Inasmuch as it is a man's name, substitute spelling like "Down Syndrome," "Downs Syndrome" and Down's Syndrome are simply unacceptable evidence of ignorance. 0— Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.5.112.192 (talk • contribs) 04:20, 7 February 2015‎

There is no "e" in John Langdon Down. MarnetteD|Talk 04:38, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Any issues regarding an article is best raised at the talk page of the article, in this case Talk:Down Syndrome. You'll need reliable sources to back up your claim. That aside, Down Syndrome (or Down's Syndrome) is spelled as such because the name of the physician was John Langdon Down, and the spelling we use is the same as the one used in the medical field.--Joshua ^{Say "hi" to me!}_{What I've done?} 04:45, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

That's definitely unacceptable evidence of ignorance. InedibleHulk (talk) 05:06, February 7, 2015 (UTC)

Stunning. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:40, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding an entry to disambugation page

Pardon my newbie ignornance, but I want to add an entry to an existing disambugation list:

add http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erle_Cocke,_Jr.

to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocke

I guess the entry would be something like:

Egbert Erle Cocke, Jr. (1921-2000), WWII combat vet, Natl. Commander of American Legion,and intl. banking consultant/lobbyist.

Shouldn't be too tough.  ;)

Bane of Glaurung (talk) 05:23, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done I shortened up the description. You could have done that yourself, though, I just added this: [1] Rwessel (talk) 08:01, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I went back in and added year of birth and death. Bane of Glaurung (talk) 01:25, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

editing the article on RaheQamar

Hi, I would like to enhance the article with loads of more information to increase it's notability. We have our own pictures as well as references and external links. 1) Is there any particular easy to understand tutorial on how to improve the layout of the article and add images? 2) How do I communicate with HausterBot/User ? I received some talk that the article may be deleted if not updated soon. I have updated and shall be updating further weekly now. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mohdify (talk • contribs) 10:12, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

1 - Article layout should be modeled on other articles of a similar nature at Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight. The guidelines for assessment of Spaceflight-related articles an be found here. Tips on image formatting and use can be found by navigating the menu at Help:Image tutorial.

2 - HasteurBot is operated by User:Hasteur and he can be reached at User talk:Hasteur.

I hope that helps. -Thibbs (talk) 12:46, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding information to an article will never affect its notability because notability resides almost entirely in what other unconnected people have written about it. If a subject is actually notable, all the article needs to do is cite the independent reliable sources upon which this is based; if it is not, then no amount of work on the article will make it so.

Having said that, once you've established that the subject is notable, you might want to look at User:Yunshui:images for beginners. --ColinFine (talk) 12:49, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Actor credited under different name

How do you correctly mention that an actor/actress in a film was credited under a different name than being rememberd for? I'm afraid I didn't it do right here, but

Dorothy Bridges as Dorothy Simspon as Olivia Sutterlee

would have hardly been better. --KnightMove (talk) 10:32, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

You could say:

Dorothy Bridges (credited as Dorothy Simpson) as Olivia Sutterlee

or

Dorothy Bridges (née Simpson) as Olivia Sutterlee

if you want to show that "Simpson" is her maiden name instead of an AKA.

Another way to handle it would be by creating a redirect from Dorothy Simpson (actress) to Dorothy Bridges and then just saying:

Dorothy Simpson as Olivia Sutterlee
(here you would pipe the link as [[Dorothy Simpson (actress)|Dorothy Simpson]])

Readers clicking the "Dorothy Simpson" link will find themselves at the Dorothy Bridges article with an explanation for the name change. The instructions for redirecting can be found at WP:REDIRECT. -Thibbs (talk) 13:00, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Surely the pipe would be [[Dorothy Bridges (actress)|Dorothy Simpson]])? Britmax (talk) 15:02, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Might as well use [[Dorothy Bridges|Dorothy Simpson]] in that case, but from KnightMove's link above it looked like the question was how to avoid that... Creating a redirect at Dorothy Simpson (actress) could potentially be used to see how many incoming links this term has and per WP:NOTBROKEN it could be used as an argument for renaming the article down the road. I guess the answer is that there are many options here. -Thibbs (talk) 15:21, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't think that a redirect helps, but I've changed it to

• Dorothy Bridges as Oliva Satterlee (née and credited as Dorothy Simpson)

and placed a template in Dorothy Simpson

This page is about the author. For the actress and poet born as Dorothy Simpson, see Dorothy Bridges.

Feedback & improvement welcome. --KnightMove (talk) 20:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

i want to add information on wikipedia

what can i do to add information on wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitedmissionboard (talk • contribs) 12:20, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I have added a welcome template to your talk page. I hope you find it useful. Britmax (talk) 12:29, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I've deleted it. I think you are a spammer. Britmax (talk) 15:04, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

FUR upload

An editor wants to use a logo in an article, but it is not free. I plan to suggest uploading as a non-free logo with a FUR. It used to be that when you uploaded an image to Wikipedia, the wizard asked if you wanted to do an FUR and prompted you. I just uploaded File:University_of_Pennsylvania_Libraries_resized.jpg but did not get the questions. Is there a way to do that, or do I have to manually fill out the FUR templates?--S Philbrick(Talk) 14:36, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Is this what you're looking for? -Thibbs (talk) 14:39, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I think so. I looked at that, saw the Commons image and rejected it, too quickly, I guess. Thanks.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:08, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Moving an article

I am asking this on behalf of another editor. An editor has created a draft in his sandbox of an article which is really a rewriting of an already existing article. The title of the draft article is the same as the title of the existing article. Can this draft be uploaded into the mainspace by copy-pasting and simply deleting the original article? I would have thought so, but have learned that practically nothing can be taken for granted in Wikipedia! ~ P-123 (talk) 14:51, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I would prefer to look at the current article and at the draft before offering an opinion. However, you refer to copy-pasting a draft over an existing article. Copy-pasting is in general deprecated because it loses the history. If the draft article should replace the existing article (and that is an "if"), then it should be done by moving the draft to the article rather than by copy-pasting. What article, anyway? Robert McClenon (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Robert McClenon: I did not realise until after writing the above that the editor has already done what looks like a copy-paste of the draft and deleted the main article, but I cannot be sure. What is certain is that the edit history of the draft has not been copied over. The article is Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya and the editor who created the draft is User:M.Sakhaie. I have not been in touch with this editor yet. (I was asked by another editor to copy-edit this article and it is going to be extremely difficult!). The wikilink is to the article in the mainspace, and the link for the sandbox draft you will find at the beginning of this extract from a fellow-editor's talk page. Thanks very much for looking into this. ~ P-123 (talk) 19:12, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

It appears that the editor replaced the article by making multiple edits to it today, not by a single copy-paste. I agree that the article needs copy-editing, and have tagged it as needing copy-editing. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:19, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Robert McClenon: So I assume the absence of the draft's edit history in the main article's edit history doesn't matter. I got the impression from WP:MOVE - "Do not move or rename a page by copying/pasting its content, because doing so fragments the edit history" - that it would need to be transferred over. Thanks for tagging the article. ~ P-123 (talk) 19:30, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

It wasn't a copy-paste move, which, as you note, is deprecated. He apparently moved multiple pieces from the draft to the article, which is all right. (The content of the article isn't all right, in that the English is not good, but that is why it has been tagged.) Robert McClenon (talk) 19:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Robert McClenon: As my next task is to copy-edit the article, I was far too distracted by trying to understand it that I didn't study the two versions and notice that it was not a copy-paste move! (Although I am not very good with wikitext at the best of times, tbh). I keep saying thanks, but thanks. :) ~ P-123 (talk) 20:16, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Persistent IP user (73.171.187.134) vandalizing article

Please can an administrator look into administering a block on IP user: 73.171.187.134. As you will see from the history of the Green Day discography article, he or she is continuously vandalizing the page by putting in false chart positions that are not as per the sources. His or her edits have been reverted on many occasions by other users.QuintusPetillius (talk) 17:06, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I have semi-protected the article for a while to encourage talk page discussion. MilborneOne (talk) 17:56, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, but I don't think the IP user is interested in discussion.QuintusPetillius (talk) 18:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

True but we must assume good faith and give them a chance, I did leave a message on the IPs talk page. MilborneOne (talk) 18:18, 7 February 2015 (UTC

Hi, it would appear that the IP User has reverted back to using username: User talk:S10787091, because if you check that user's contributions, he has made the same edits to the same articles as the IP address userQuintusPetillius (talk) 12:07, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Can't Get Image to Appear in InfoBox

I am trying to edit the Tracey Scott Wilson page and I have uploaded her image to Wikimedia Commons but can't get the pic to appear on her page.

This is the link to the photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tracey_Scott_Wilson.jpg#.7B.7Bint:filedesc.7D.7D

Not sure what the problem is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sugaredpeas (talk • contribs) 17:14, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

It appears for me (Vector skin, IE11) - Arjayay (talk) 17:44, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

It is because a local wikipedia image has the same name as the commons one so the system will display the local one. To make the commons one appear you need to change one or other file name. MilborneOne (talk) 17:53, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Improper image of salher fory

I have visited salher fort . I want to tell you that the image you have for the salher fort is of Salota fort. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.187.25.155 (talk) 18:04, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I am assuming that you are referring to File:Salher Fort.jpg. Can you prove that it is of the wrong fort by some means? Rcsprinter¹²³ (gas) @ 18:48, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Connected User?

Where would I go to ask if Wikipedia has a position on a user "managing" an article (Talk:Wappinger, New York)? Mannanan51 (talk) 19:25, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

The policy that you are looking for is article ownership, which is not permitted. Robert McClenon (talk) 19:36, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Guidelines for the use of Template:Archive top and Template:Archive bottom

Template:Archive top and Template:Archive bottom can be used to close a discussion with a message. Example:

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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• Black is white! --Editor A (talk) 01:10, 1 January 2000 (UTC)

• No it isn't. Black and white are completely different things.--Editor B (talk) 01:20, 1 January 2000 (UTC)

• Can we compromise and just say that they are both gray? --Editor C (talk) 01:30, 1 January 2000 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

What I am looking for is the specific Wikipedia policy or guideline that defines when a discussion may or may not be closed, and who may close it. I think Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines#Closing discussions is the policy, but are there any other relevant policies?

Also, the lead paragraph of Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines says "When pages in other namespaces are used for discussion and communication between users, the same norms will usually also apply." and "All guidelines here also apply to Wikipedia discussion pages, such as articles for deletion." Am I safe in assuming that this same guideline applies to discussions on noticeboards?

Please note that I am purposely using a made-up example because I want to be clear in my mind as to exactly what the guidelines say before getting into specifics. Plus, of course, this would be the wrong venue for discussing a specific example. --Guy Macon (talk) 20:03, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

I think that this is a very good question because the "archive" templates are used for multiple purposes differently. They are used for the formal closure of certain types of threads requiring formal closure, especially Requests for Comments and proposals at noticeboards, such as for bans at WP:ANI. They are also used for the "boxing" of threads at talk pages when the thread has become tendentious or disruptive. In the case of formal closure, the guidelines for RFCs define who may be an uninvolved closer. The different uses of these templates figured in a recent request to "reverse a close" at the fringe theory noticeboard, for instance, when it appeared to me that the closer was boxing the thread because it had become tendentious, not to make a finding as to whether a topic was fringe. I don't know where there are guidelines for the boxing/closure of threads that are either answered or have become disruptive. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:27, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Editor A, B, and C are not entitled to close a controversional discussion where they stated their opinions, unless they close it as no consensus or stalled. Now find a policy or guideline backing up my € 0,02… –Be..anyone (talk) 01:02, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Added difficulty: find a policy or guideline forbidding the following slightly modified version:

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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• Black is white! --Editor A (talk) 01:10, 1 January 2000 (UTC)

• No it isn't. Black and white are completely different things.--Editor B (talk) 01:20, 1 January 2000 (UTC)

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This version makes the closer previously uninvolved, but still shuts off user A or B from presenting evidence for their assertions. In my opinion, the basic problem here is using archive top/bottom to suppress disagreement with a particular POV. You really need to allow time for an actual consensus to form as to whether black is or is not white, which in my made-up example wouldn't take long, and the closer really does need to post a closing statement in the box at the top that reflects consensus. Even "the consensus is that black is not white" would seem inappropriate for the closing statement given the lack of consensus so far in my made-up example.

Good luck finding a policy or guideline that supports what I just wrote, though. I can't find one. :( --Guy Macon (talk) 03:43, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Not a policy or even a guideline, but this is the same sort of situation that WP:SUPERVOTE talks about. —Cryptic 08:46, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

I am told I am missing a reference tag? What does this mean, and where do I find it?

Hi, I fixed the problem [2]. You start a reference by typing <ref>, then add your reference, and end the reference by </ref>. See WP:REF for more information. SIncerely, Taketa (talk) 21:13, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Can you merge users from different wikipedias?

Althought a single userid/password lets me log in on all and edit the different wikipedias, I have noticed that the userids are separated, they show different home page, different contributions etc...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Dorfsmay

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Dorfsmay

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Dorfsmay

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sp%C3%A9cial:Contributions/Dorfsmay

Is there a way to merge them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dorfsmay (talk • contribs) 20:35, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dorfsmay, it is not possible to unite this further, since these projects are seperate projects. You can use Special:CentralAuth to see all your edits. Other tools: [3] [4]. I hope this helps. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 20:50, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

Speedy Deletion Request

Can somebody please mark the following image for Speedy Deletion? I was able to successfully-upload a PNG version of the image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mytvstlouis.jpg DizzyMosquitoRadio99 (talk) 21:05, 7 February 2015 (UTC)

It's already tagged for deletion. Dismas|^(talk) 01:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

"Orphaned non-free" should not need a speedy, but you could tag it anyway with {{speedy|unused allegedly non-free dupe of free [[File:KMOV-DT3_MYTV_St._Louis.png]]}}.

Caveats: You are not the original uploader, add an info on their talk page as explained on {{speedy}}. You overwrote a "fair use" JPG with a bigger JPG, this could be very wrong if "low resolution" is an important point of the "fair use" rationale (not the case here.) And actually I don't see the point to kill a "fair use" image before the replacement arrived on commons and survived for some weeks. The "fair use" business is hard work (somebody wrote the rationale, somebody else checked it), don't throw it away prematurely. Admins might believe what I suggested, because it sounds very plausible, but there be dragons. –Be..anyone (talk) 01:33, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

February 8

Someone keeps replacing fantastic planet image with Lovers and Other Strangers in Wikipedia. ( can someone fix it once and all !!! )

Someone keeps replacing fantastic planet image with Lovers and Other Strangers in Wikipedia. ( can someone fix it once and all !!! )

File:Fantstic-planet-poster.jpg

File:Lovers and Other Strangers (1970) M.jpg

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.232.222.164 (talk) 01:51, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

I've tried to look at this, but I cannot figure out what you want fixed. One of your image links is broken. What article? Please explain in more detail. --Floquenbeam (talk) 01:59, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

This is about the article Fantastic Planet. The OP tried adding "File:Fantstic-planet-poster.jpg" at the top of the article, inside "gallery" tags which were opened twice and closed three times (and probably not the appropriate tag anyway), and with "Fantstic" mis-spelled. Another user then reverted the edit. As the article already contained that image in its infobox anyway, I am unclear what the OP's intention was. Maproom (talk) 08:43, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Can someone clean up an article I I edited

Please fix the edit I did in the early life of the Mischa_Barton article. Thank you. Venustar84 (talk) 02:32, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done With most of the work done by User:Flinders Petrie. -Thibbs (talk) 13:11, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Joe Cox (cricketer)

• Can anyone figure out why adding the {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-stub}} tag to this article isn't actually placing the article in Category:South African cricket biography stubs? I checked the wiki markup and I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 03:30, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
  • Actually, no stub categories seem to show up any more on articles. Is that a glitch? Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 05:48, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

@Erpert: There has been a recent edit to Module:Asbox. I've posted at its talk page. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:58, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Real date, but an error "Check date values in: |date= (help)"

Just added a reference in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKVToolNix#Applications The date of the journal is Christmas 2012, and not December 2012 and not the 25th of December 2012... Linux Format always has an issue dated Christmas YEAR. I am not sure why Christmas, and Easter (and some other well-known dates) are not being recognized. I have personally seen many official documents signed Easter Sunday AD YEAR, or Christmas Day AD YEAR. Absolwent (talk) 03:54, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

P.S. Should I take a photo of the paper copy of this journal issue? This particular issues has also a web page, where without any payment one can see Christmas 2012 http://www.linuxformat.com/archives?issue=165

See: Template:Cite journal — Instead of date parameter, how about year and/or edition (or issue or volume)?   E.g.:  |edition=Christmas|year=2012  —71.20.250.51 (talk) 06:43, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you! Yes, it can be faked in many ways. In this case, the simplest that keeps the format intact would be to assign author1 to be Mike Saunders (Christmas 2012)... However, the issue is with the date check... Life is life, what about The Good Friday Agreement? Absolwent (talk) 07:51, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

|issue=Christmas 2012 would be proper. --  Gadget850 ^talk 10:23, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Need pointer to guideline/policy that describes that asking celebrities on social media as original research

In the strange world in which I gnome, I sometimes find overzealous fans resorting to asking notable people questions on Twitter, like "Did you play the voice of X in anime series Y?" and then using the response as a reliable source. I'm pretty sure this constitutes WP:OR, but I'm hoping for a pointer to some specific guideline. Thanks, and I would appreciate a ping if you can spare one since my Watchlist fills up rather quickly. Danke, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 06:00, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

@Cyphoidbomb: Dear Cyphoidbomb, you are probably looking for WP:BLPSELFPUB and WP:BLPSPS. I hope this answers your question. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with. All the best, Taketa (talk) 07:10, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Ah, that's it! Thanks @Taketa:. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

In your example, I would think that the anime itself (or more specifically, the credits shown on screen at the beginning/end) would serve as the reference. Dismas|^(talk) 08:01, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Dismas, typically, yes a primary source is suitable, but there are occasions when the actor isn't credited, (sometimes for English dubs), or when editors find the info somewhere like IMDb, and don't have access to the primary source to verify. (Because IMDb is not a RS...) Danke, Cyphoidbomb (talk) 15:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Jim Watkins

Someone keeps re-editing the Jim Watkins entry to the point of gross inaccuracy. jamesbondfan seems to eb the culprit every single time. The fact that he so consistenlty is troubhling.

Everything NewsFan60 has re-entered is factually accurate and verifiable. Yet it is scrubbed every 8 hours.

Please have jamesbondfan refrain from making the re-edits.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NewsIndustryFan60 (talk • contribs) 14:25, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Please stop adding unsourced info and copyright violations to this biography. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 15:31, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

This is a content dispute. Content disputes should first be discussed on article talk pages, in this case, at Talk: Jim Watkins. There has been no discussion on the talk page. Please do not escalate content disputes without first trying to discuss on the talk page. I do notice that two posts by the original poster (OP) have been redacted by an administrator. The OP should take that as an indication that those posts evidently violate the policy on biographies of living persons or copyright or both to the point where they had to be deleted. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

If you have any further questions, ask User:Tiptoety, who has already advised you that your post was a copyright violation (and who is probably the admin who redacted it). It appears that you also think that another editor is posting incorrect information. Discuss that on the talk page. Robert McClenon (talk) 16:42, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

@NewsIndustryFan60: Can you please specify what exactly is inaccurate? I would be happy to correct the inaccuracies if you can point to a source to support your claim. Tiptoety ^talk 16:51, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Protocol-relative URLs

http://www.nytimes.com

https://www.nytimes.com

Both of the above links work, i.e. they both produce the NY Times home page, although it appears the Times converts the latter to HTTP since Firefox doesn't show a URI in either case.

May I take this to mean that any links to the Times can (and should) be protocol-relative? If so, would that apply to any site that behaves the same way? ―Mandruss ☎ 15:24, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

https://www.nytimes.com/ doesn't redirect for me and displays https in Firefox, but the layout of the whole site is broken (or very poor) in https for me, and the internal links are to http and not protocol relative. In addition, it only took a couple of random clicks to find a page http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/london-theater-journal-crawling-inside-a-family-saga-and-a-jacobean-noir/?_r=0 which fails with https: https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/07/london-theater-journal-crawling-inside-a-family-saga-and-a-jacobean-noir/?_r=0. The example was not at www.nytimes.com but it was at nytimes.com and linked from the front page. It looks like the site makes no serious attempt to give good support for https and I would certainly prefer http, but see Wikipedia:Protocol-relative URL. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:51, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Right, I was aware of that page, although I haven't read all of all of the old discussions. The page mentions only archive.org, but isn't PRURL recommended for YouTube? Any others that we know of? ―Mandruss ☎ 15:55, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

I haven't followed discussions about recommendations for sites. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:36, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Move image to Commons?

First image under "Fair use" - click here to compare (changed to Wiki-link GermanJoe (talk) 19:00, 8 February 2015 (UTC))

Image in Commons

I don't understand why the first image has a fair use license and this second image can be in Commons and used in all Wikipedias as they represent the same institution and they are used both officially. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Digmin3 (talk • contribs) 18:14, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

The first is an image produced by someone working for the organization so the copyright is held by one of those two persons. The second image is designed by a Wikipedian based on a official description and the image created has licensed its under Wikipedia and Commons rules. The coat of arms may not look identical to one used by the organization but is one correct way to render the description. Rmhermen (talk) 18:19, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. --Digmin3 (talk) 18:28, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

alfhild trying to add a music review reference to Andy McKee page

Hi! I am trying to add a reference for a review by John Kelman from All About Jazz on the recording Trio Mundo: Rides Again published on Sept. 2, 2004 ad I got the Cite error message. I thought I was doing the right thing: putting cursor where I want reference to go; clicking on the ref/ref link at the bottom of the page; choosing the cite news from the template menu and fill in in the info and then typing insert. Is that right? Thanks a lot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfhild-anthro (talk • contribs)

Convenience link: Andy McKee (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) --Dismas|^(talk) 19:37, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

The "cite news" and similar templates automatically insert the <ref></ref> tags, so no need to insert them separately. Is that all it was?: Noyster (talk), 11:58, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Copyright on UK Gov/BBC image

I'd like to add the image that is on this UK Government web page to an article, but I'm unsure on its copyright. All content on that page is supposed to be released under Open Government Licence v3.0, but seeing as it is a screenshot of a BBC game, and that they have a copyright notice on the game's page, I'm unsure of how to proceed. ^{I almost feel like the UK Government may have inadvertently violated the BBC's copyright on this... Which would be pretty funny considering they're essentially the same entity...}  DiscantX 22:19, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

^{I recognise the incompetence of my country's government, but I do not find it funny. Maproom (talk) 22:38, 8 February 2015 (UTC)}

I'm ignorant of the nature of the relationship between BBC and the UK Government, but perhaps it's worth noting that depending on how you wish to use the image, it may be available under a claim of Fair Use even if it's a copyrighted work. Wikipedia's image usage rules are stricter than Fair Use, but if you wanted to use the image within the article on the The Doctor and the Dalek video game, for example, then a single low-resolution screenshot would almost certainly be acceptable. The acceptability of fair use images on Wikipedia basically draw from their value for commentary. If you are using an image to comment on some aspect of the game instead of as simple decoration then it's fine. -Thibbs (talk) 12:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I wanted to use it in Digital 5#Events because it was used in one of their major events, so I'm not sure it would fall under fair use, as it isn't directly related with the article subject.  DiscantX 13:40, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I agree that that might be a bit of a stretch for Fair Use at Wikipedia... The gov.uk usage would almost certainly constitute fair use because the article is entirely about the game, but I agree with you that it's not clear that they own the copyright to the image. It would probably be a good idea to post this question at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions in the hopes that someone there is familiar with the exact relationship between BBC and the government with respect to copyrights. -Thibbs (talk) 14:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

February 9

Moving comments from a draft talk page to a mainspace talk page?

Dear editors: I was checking out a page in the Draft namespace, and found that it had been copied into mainspace by the same editor. According to the history merge guidelines, the fragment isn't needed for attribution purposes so I deleted it. However, the draft had a talk page, Draft talk:Katie Boulter, which has information about the notability of the draft. Should this be copied to the mainspace talk page, with a note about its origin, or should it be deleted with the talk page? —Anne Delong (talk) 00:39, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Anne, the discussion is relevant to the article, and should not be deleted if at all possible. I would move it to the new talk page. A note about the origin would be great. All the best, Taketa (talk) 01:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks, Taketa. I did that. I just wanted to make sure before moving another editor's comment. —Anne Delong (talk) 03:12, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Image uploading (infobox) - Basics

Hi,

I've never fully understood the formalities of uploading / changing an image, since I'm stuck on simply how to present it essentially. An example is the page Mauro Icardi, where I am trying to change the first picture, in the infobox, to the following:

http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Mauro+Icardi+FC+Internazionale+Milano+v+Udinese+GJDZrK3Q9bfl.jpg

It was my understanding this was a simple replacement process but there appears to be lot more to it than that. I've visited the help page on uploading images, but am unaware of how to present it in the editing page of the infobox, i.e. whether it is, for example, image = http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Mauro+Icardi+FC+Internazionale+Milano+v+Udinese+GJDZrK3Q9bfl.jpg (what I believe to be the image's name in full), image = Mauro+Icardi+FC+Internazionale+Milano+v+Udinese+GJDZrK3Q9bfl.jpg (so remove the initial website's link), or image = [ [ File:http://www3.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Mauro+Icardi+FC+Internazionale+Milano+v+Udinese+GJDZrK3Q9bfl.jpg ] ] (without spaces) , etc.

Any help would be appreciated.

UnknownBrick22 (talk) 01:05, 9 February 2015 (UTC)UnknownBrick22

In brief, the steps for arranging for an image to appear in an article are:

1. Decide what image you want to use
2. Establish that it is not restricted by copyright
3. Upload it to Wikimedia Commons, stating its copyright status. (In some special circumstances, you might have reason to upload it direct to English-language Wikipedia instead.)
4. In the article, add a link to the uploaded image (not to the original image, as you appear to have been trying to do). If the image is to go inside an infobox, the syntax for this is confusingly slightly different.

You appear to be omitting step 3, and possibly step 2. Maproom (talk) 10:19, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Maproom, thanks very much, this is helpful - what is the most efficient way of establishing an image's copyright status, for example the aforementioned one? UnknownBrick22 (talk) 13:24, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

The link you give is to an image on www.zimbio.com. Here is Zimbio's copyright policy. It seems to me that they are saying that users should only upload images there that they are legally entitled to upload, and that if they become aware that an image on their site is in fact protected by copyright, they will remove it. This falls a long way short of confirmation that images on their site are not protected by copyright. Therefore that image of a footballer should not be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Maproom (talk) 16:01, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

adding references to an article

Hi. Can someone tell me how in easiest terms to add references to articles, an an easy way to do it without code?Barniecadd (talk) 02:27, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Barniecadd. When you are in the edit mode, place your cursor where you wish the reference to appear. Near the top right of the page you will see the word "Cite". If you click on that, you will see a pop-down list of Templates. Choose one depending on whether your reference is a book, website, newspaper, etc. Fill in as much of the form as you can. If you want to see what it will look like, select "Preview". When you are finished, select "Insert" to add your reference. The codes are added for you. —Anne Delong (talk) 03:19, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

how to invoke a reference to use several times

Hello, I am editing this page to try and bring it inline with your expectations Draft:Yes, I Can literacy method (Yo, Si Puedo in Spanish). i am having difficulty invoking a reference which i wish to use several times. You can see the highlighted problem at footnote 8. I am not sure where I should invoke the named reference? also why is my reference list appearing in the middle of my article under the heading "community wide approach"

thanks— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ruthratcliffe (talk • contribs)

Hi Ruthratcliffe, to use a reference twice you replace the <ref> with <ref name="name"> the first time you use the reference. So the rest of the reference would be the same as always. When you want to use it a second time, you simply put <ref name="name" /> instead of the entire reference. So you replace the entire reference (<ref>reference</ref>) with this.

Example first reference:

<ref name="name">text of the citation</ref>

Example second reference:

<ref name="name" />

I hope his helps. All the best, Taketa (talk) 08:42, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Two editors have made corrective edits to that page, see its page history for details. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:44, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Mandruss, I noticed but figured I might as well explain for the future :). All the best, Taketa (talk) 08:45, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I concur, I might have done the same if you hadn't already. I was adding information for the OP's benefit. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:50, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Curate this page language settings

If I use curate this page system and my language settings are Finland, then all info come finnish language. Are there soime setting in Curate this page that I can use language setting Finland and with this tool comes english text--Musamies (talk) 09:18, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't know a way to do that. User:PrimeHunter/English interface.js may be of interest but it requires a click each time you want to change to English interface on a page. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:35, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't have the tool myself, but from Wikipedia:Page Curation/Help it looks like you might be able to get further help by posting your question at Wikipedia talk:Page Curation or by contacting the Page Curation liason, User talk:Okeyes (WMF). -Thibbs (talk) 12:51, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for info--Musamies (talk) 13:21, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Help with GPG company URL

Hello, I've posted a request for a very simple change on The Glover Park Group article, asking to update the company's URL from the old to the new one. More details at article Talk; if you need any other information, please just ask! Cheers, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:12, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Done. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:18, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks! WWB Too (Talk · COI) 14:19, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Adding a graphic

Good morning,

How do I add a logo to our wikipedia page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ohionational (talk • contribs) 14:59, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

@Ohionational: Help:Introduction to uploading images should start you off. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:17, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

What links here

I am wondering if there is shortcut to getting to to end of the list, when the list in What links here is several thousands links long. Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 15:41, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

• Use one or two of the "hide" buttons to exclude group(s) of items you're not interested in. And/or
• Choose "500" items on a page to greatly reduce the number of clicks required to get to the bottom.

Don't know of a quicker way to the bottom. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:55, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Choose one of the "View N at once" options, and then adjust the url to read "&limit=5000". You can then skip through them 5,000 at a time - I think that's the maximum allowed. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:00, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks User:Mandruss&John of Reading for the helpful tips. Just wondering if there a page Help: What links here? Ottawahitech (talk) 16:12, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Actually, there is. You can reach it by typing "help:what links here" in the Search box at the top. But here's a nice time-saving link: Help:What links here. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:15, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

And Help:What links here is linked from the top of any "What links here" page. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:49, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Obliviously!! ;) ―Mandruss ☎ 16:54, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Deceased - Andrew Lingen-Stallard

I notice that the page for Andrew Lingen-Stallard has not been updated and his sad death will mean he himself cannot update this. I wonder if anybody could assist in this matter as it doesn't seem appropriate for the talk page. Thankyou. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.245.109 (talk) 15:59, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Apparent reference to User:Andrew lingen-stallard. ―Mandruss ☎ 16:06, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

(edit conflict): I do not know WP's policy on user pages of deceased users. This article confirms his recent death. Maproom (talk) 16:09, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I have set some templates and the userpage has been fully protected. Not sure about archiving/removing the only entry on their talk. Mlpearc (open channel) 16:37, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi Mandruss and Mlpearc, I have requested assistance at Wikipedia talk:Deceased Wikipedians. Hopefully someone with more experience in these matters will reply so it can be dealt with properly and respectfully. The guidelines can also be found there. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 16:44, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Mlpearc (open channel) 17:53, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. ―Mandruss ☎ 18:11, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

how do I get my draft article on Patricia McConnell approved and finalized?

I work for Dr. Patricia McConnell and she asked me to create a page for her in Wikipedia. I did that about six months ago. Yesterday I got an email from Wikipedia (from HasteurBot) saying that I hadn't edited the page in six months so Wiki might delete it. I can't figure out how move it from the sandbox to being a final wiki page. I"m sure this is very simple, but I can't figure it out. Here is the link to the page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_McConnell — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.146.240 (talk) 18:05, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

Redirect from mainspace to a WikiProject?

Someone recently created a redirect from mainspace to a WikiProject, I'm not sure such redirects should exist. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 18:32, 9 February 2015 (UTC)

I'd guess we treat it as any other cross-namespace redirect and delete it per the consensus at Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects. I can't see any reason to link from mainspace to a WikiProject, where is this? Sam Walton (talk) 18:34, 9 February 2015 (UTC)