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March 24

error in the format of IMDB links on actors/films

EDIT: after looking more film pages it seems it was just an error by previous IMDB link number on one single page so nevermind :)

EDIT: not sure if it is an error in the format or was just error on one page

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jake_Lloyd&diff=711671534&oldid=709773977

currently the IMDB links in the format

*{{IMDb name|####|Name Here}}

does not work correctly on mobile browser, the address that is formed is missing the zero numbers on desktop it is formed correctly but on on mobile phone the formed address is missing zeros and gives Not Found IMDB error page experienced on Android Firefox on mobile wikipedia website--82.131.14.177 (talk) 05:26, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

How To Use Wikipedia

Hi , I apologize , I didn't realize I wasn't suppose to write a biography , how am I able to list my credits on this page , is it ok if I upload files of other write ups on me or my success , I am confused because when I search Kobe Bryant there is a biography of him , can you please give me some pointers how to use this Wikipedia with in the guide lines — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaldawson1010 (talk • contribs) 07:07, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Kaldawson1010, there are thousands of articles about Bryant in newspapers and magazines published over several years which provide sufficient independent reliable sources to sustain an encyclopedic article about him. If there are such sources about you an article may be viable, but without in-depth coverage about you in multiple independent sources an article will not be possible. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 08:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Does Wikipedia keep isp records for wikipedia pages?

It sounds crazy, but I have had a thought: Mr. Cruel This mans crimes are unsolved. He sounds like an extreme narcissist, which means he could possibly be looking at his own wikipedia page. Could wikipedia make a search of all isp's that visited this page? then find the isp's that have the highest frequency of visits. This could lead to something. Probably not, but it couldn't hurt to have a look? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.124.232 (talk) 08:57, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Whatever records we keep, that really wouldn't narrow down anything. ISPs serve large areas, and the location of his crimes would narrow things down more than who looked at the Wikipedia article on him. Ian.thomson (talk) 09:06, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Alliance of Liberals and Democrats

My name is Eduard Olariu, i am responsible for ALDE political party online management. I see that there a 3 pages created about ALDE Romania. One in romanian, one in english and one in french:

• https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partidul_Alian%C8%9Ba_Liberalilor_%C8%99i_Democra%C8%9Bilor
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_of_Liberals_and_Democrats_(Romania)
• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alde

I would like to edit them a little bit, because the name isn`t correct. The correct name would be:

• romanian: ALDE - Alianța Liberalilor și Democraților
• english: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
• french: ALDE - Alliance des Liberaux et Démocrates

Please help me with this problem fot i cannot edit the names of the pages.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EduardAldeBucuresti (talk • contribs) 10:56, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

The English-language article is titled Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania), the name of the party followed by a disambiguating word in parentheses. If we just called it Alliance of Liberals and Democrats, that could lead to confusion with several pan-European groups. Maproom (talk) 11:19, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Additional comments to the original poster, Is ALDE part of the official name of the party? I see that ALDE represents the Pan-European Umbrella that the Romanian Party Group belongs to, but it is unclear whether that is part of the name. Also in regards to pages in various languages. The french page that you mention is actually a disambiguation page that includes the Europe wide party, the group in the European Parliament and your group. The Actual french page for the Romanian group is https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_des_lib%C3%A9raux_et_d%C3%A9mocrates_(Roumanie). Also, there are *nine* language wikipedias with pages on your group. If you look to the left side on any of the pages, you'll see languages that have links to the pages in those languages for your group. They are English, French, Italian, Hungarian, Latin(!), Dutch, Polish, Romanian and Swedish. Also, there is a help desk for each of the languages, and so while we can answer questions about english, there may be slight differences as to the rules on each wikipedia. (Though this help desk probably has the highest volume and asking here first was probably a good idea)Naraht (talk) 18:51, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Delete information posted by blocked account

Dear Help Desk, I have posted information about the company I represent under BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP account. The account was blocked. Now, when trying to post the same information under my personal account (Elena Kolesnik), I cannot attach the logo. The system says a file with this contect already exists. Could you please help me delete the BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP account and all the content posted under this account? Or is there any other way to solve the issue? Thank you, Elena — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elena Kolesnik (talk • contribs) 11:26, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

@Elena Kolesnik: I can't find an account called User:BRAINPOWER - BPI GROUP or more simply User:BRAINPOWER. I do see that you tried to create an article on your userpage at User:Elena Kolesnik though. Before proceeding any further with your efforts, I encourage you to read both WP:COI and WP:CORP. Dismas|^(talk) 12:18, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Also see Draft:BRAINPOWER_CIS_–_BPI_GROUP. CaptRik (talk) 15:00, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

That draft, if submitted, will be rejected because, among other things, it does not have any reliable independent sources, relying on sources such as Facebook and blogs. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Upload or request image upload

There is an image (SVG) that had a mistake. I fixed it but don't know how to upload or request upload.

Link to image in talk page

The image that needs replacement is in the article of that same page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.163.92 (talk) 15:38, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

How do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.10.163.92 (talk) 15:36, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Done. Maproom (talk) 16:08, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Tool for Global changes

The State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart is mentioned in hundreds of pages, but until recently has not had a Wikipedia page. Now that it does, is there an efficient way to wikilink the existing mentions? That is, to change the first mention of "State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart" to "State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart" in every article that mentions it? ubiquity (talk) 16:41, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

You could see if someone can set up a bot to help: WP:BOTREQ RudolfRed (talk) 18:14, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Google only finds 9 results. May be easier to just do them by hand. Dismas|^(talk) 18:27, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Which I've just done to about 7 of them. The others were already linked. Dismas|^(talk) 18:31, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

There is a tool: http://edwardbetts.com/find_link/ . I find it useful, but certainly not perfect. And according to that, all of the links have been done.Naraht (talk) 18:34, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Well, great, and thank you to @Dismas for doing it. I don't know why I got the impression there were so many. ubiquity (talk) 18:43, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Well, searching Wikipedia gives 259 results, but most of them are completely unrelated, only matching "Fine Arts" or other small sections of the text. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 18:45, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

If go to the search page and then enter the string in double quotes, you get 11 hits. This help page, the created page in question, and 9 pages now linked. *lots* more pages over on dewiki with the german string.Naraht (talk) 19:11, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Doora, County Clare

I don't know if this is the right place, but I am going bananas and I need advice. The point is the article Doora, County Clare. Originally the article was about the village Doora but that is later changed to an article about the civil parish with the same name. That other editor seems to refuse to accept that Doora is a really existing village. An admin adviced me to go there and take pictures to proof my case that there is a village, so I just did that (see Talk:Doora, County Clare#The non-existent village of Doora but to my horror, it is just flatly turned down as being original research and only paper sources are valid.

I am desperate and extremely angry... What to do now? The Banner talk 20:36, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

This map, from a citable source, shows a village named Doora a little over a mile ESE of Ennis. The coordinates in the Doora, County Clare article put Doora almost three miles ESE of Ennis, and are for a crossroads which Google Earth labels "Noughaval Drive", with Google's label "Doora" a quarter of a mile to the NW of those crossroads, in a particularly empty field. The "Doora" shown by the Philips' Atlas appears to coincide with an entirely modern suburb of Ennis, unnamed in Google Earth, on the road to Ballaghboy. I would take the Atlas as evidence that a village named "Doora" did exist at the end of the 19th century, but not as reliable evidence of its precise position. Maproom (talk) 21:53, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

And that is the point more or less. "The other guy" knows of the existence in history of Doora, citing a 1842 map. But does not come to the conclusion that the settlement and church on that map is identical to the present day church (build in 1836-1838) and settlement. He claims that the settlement has disappeared and that the present one can not be Doora. Although I have been standing there... The Banner talk 08:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Hello, The Banner. I'm afraid this is quite a common problem on Wikipedia, though usually about people rather than places. The problem is that most people in the world can't go and check for themselves, so we require a reliable source. The person who told you do go and take pictures is, in my view, completely wrong, and has sent you on a wild goose chase: pictures never prove anything in Wikipedia unless, like other material, they have been published by a reliable source. Even leaving aside the ease nowadays of faking pictures, there is no guarantee that they show what the uploader says they show. So, I'm afraid that unless you can find a reliable published source (not necessarily print) that talks about the present day village, you're going to have to give up. (See verifiability not truth for an essay on the problem). --ColinFine (talk) 09:44, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Something like this? The Banner talk 20:27, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Crop a photo?

Can someone please crop File:Kirkwjerks2.jpg so that only the head coach is shown? No need for non-notable, sign holding college student fans. Jrcla2 (talk) 23:05, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Cropped and uploaded to Commons as File:Kirkwjerks2 cropped.jpg. JIP | Talk 10:43, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

March 25

What is the template to add notes in an article?

Where are the appropriate templates that assist in placing "notes" in articles? I don't mean footnotes and references. Rather, when an editor adds a little "note" to some statement (usually in a table). And I'd prefer a template that consecutively numbers the notes. And does not interfere with "References". Thanks. Hope this question makes sense. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 00:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

You can accomplish this with {{efn|text of the note}}. Must also add {{notelist}} where you want the notes to be listed in the article. Mb66w (talk) 04:49, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. I will try that. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 09:25, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

Question from User:G.gagananand

User:G.gagananand, wrote: My Name is G.Gagananand. I work in a Research Firm and would like to know more about Notability. a query was posted to Help Desk Team of Wikipedia regarding this from my user login. Thanks in Advance.

The original poster had written, on 3 March:

Respected Sir/Madam, I have created an article in Sandbox Area in my User. I would like to publish the article for public viewing in Wikipedia. kindly provide me the complete details about the process. Thanks in Advance. G.Gagananand

Another editor wrote: “The two guidelines are:WP:Notability and WP:Notability (web). If you find any trouble understanding, leave a reply here.”

Then the author asked on 7 March: What are the procedures to get Notability of my article if it has to be published in Wikipedia? Please guide me through.

The article in question is User:G.gagananand/sandbox.

This sandbox has not been submitted for AFC review, which is good because it will not pass AFC review. However, I have other problems with it besides that it doesn’t establish notability. It isn’t clear to me what it is about. Does the author have some idea that he wants to brainstorm? If so, Wikipedia isn’t the place for brainstorming. What is the author trying to ask or say?

We can try to answer questions here about the notability policy, but I don’t know what the question is from this author.

Robert McClenon (talk) 01:26, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

User:G.gagananand posted here twice, and now at my talk page once, and provided one sandbox draft that isn't related to the questions, but won't respond to real questions. Either they can explain what they want, or we can conclude that they may be a very quiet form of Troll. Robert McClenon (talk) 15

14, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Copyright Violation "The Words Hear the Light" - Misunderstanding

Dear Wikipediateam! Almost two months ago we tried to publish the following text written by us:

The Words Hear the Light

After some hours the text and the uploaded image were deleted because of a suspense of a violation of copyright. We´ve already send one time a letter, where we declared to be the only authors of the text and image, but nothing happened until now.

The wikipedia system found some homepages as http://worldfilmpresentation.com and maybe www.imdb.com that have similar contents. We are participating with our film at the world film festival, that is why they published our material (text and image) that we send them while applying to the festival.

The case of IMDB it´s similar, it´s us who manage the information. Then it doesn´t make much sense, when the past festival participations and awards of the film (which will be always the same) are intended as copyright violation, only because it´s just the same words found by the search engine.

We would like to know, what can we do to resolve this issue. We are the authors of the film mentioned in the text and image.

Thank you very much for your patience. Greetings, PhilosophischeGEBILDE (talk) 09:19, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

There's no misunderstanding. Wikipedia refuses contributions that violate copyright law. It does so even if people who claim to own the copyright say that they don't mind.

There are two things you could do to resolve the problem. One is for someone who does own the copyright, and can prove it, to submit a formal copyright release. The other is for someone to rewrite the article in their own words, not derived from another source. The latter is preferable, because as well as avoiding the copyright bureaucracy, it is more likely to result in a neutral article, without promotional language. Maproom (talk) 12:14, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

The problem is that We´ve already send one time a letter, where we declared to be the only authors of the text and image, but nothing happened until now. It looks like PhilosophischeGEBILDE has already submitted such a release. Nyttend (talk) 14:46, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Well it depends what they have said in the "letter" - it is not enough for User:PhilosophischeGEBILDE to declare that they are authors of the text and the image: they need also to have released these under a suitable licence according to donating copyright materials. --ColinFine (talk) 20:48, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

How do I prevent the bottom row from being sorted in a table?

How do I prevent the bottom row from being sorted in a table? Say I am dealing with the chart below. I want the final row to be "frozen" and to remain stagnant. I don't want it to move around when the sort buttons (arrows) are clicked. What is the exact command for me to type and where? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 09:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Apples	Name	Bananas
7	Will	2
12	Mike	9
4	Jane	1
23	Total	12

@Joseph A. Spadaro: I have modified your table by adding class="sortbottom". That seems simplest to me, but there are other ways to do it, described at Help:Sorting#Excluding rows from sorting. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:17, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

@John of Reading: Perfect. Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 17:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Resolved

Query

How to create, add and edit text on Wikipedia for my company? If I create a page, it blocks the user (me). Any solution for the same? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.201.21.38 (talk) 12:42, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

It isn't clear what you want, or what you mean about blocking the user. Read the conflict of interest policy and it will tell you basically that you should not create or add text about the company that employs you. If you use Articles for Creation, you can create pages that will be reviewed. However, if your company is not notble in itself, then nothing will help your company create an article about itself. If your company is notable, then you can create a draft article with reliable sources and have it reviewed, but it will probably be accepted after the article is made neutral and all of the peacock language that you have inserted will be replaced. Trying to use either AFC or direct submission to article space to create an article about your company is a painful process, and is meant to be one. If your company is notable, someone will create an article about it. Can you please further clarify your question? Robert McClenon (talk) 12:54, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

It occurs to me that you may have already tried to create an article about your company using a username that was the name of your company. If so your corporate username may have been blocked. If so, you are block-evading by posting here as an unregistered editor. Follow the instructions given with the block to request a change in user name. Do not try to evade a block by editing logged out. But please clarify your question. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:24, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Blocking text

I was sure that there was a warning at Special:Block telling everyone not to block for non-integer amounts of time (e.g. 12.34567890 days) because it would confuse the software, but it's not on the current version of the page, and I didn't see such a thing when I looked at several old revisions of MediaWiki:Blockiptext going back to when I became an admin in 2007. Did I look in the wrong place, or did I overlook something that should be obvious, or have I just imagined it? Nyttend (talk) 15:02, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Recent edit denied

Hello Wiki;

Tom Cryer (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Reading over the page on Tom Cryer, who was acquitted by a jury for not filing a tax return. Ref # 10's and 11 linked to pages that are no longer active. I changed the description and provided references. My edit was denied because my edit was 'not constructive'. My edit listed he was acquitted and provided an actually working web page. How is this not constructive?

The effect of your edits to that article was to remove properly referenced content, and replace it by content with two dummy references which did not cite anything. I think that was not your intention, but it is what you did. The result was not constructive. Maproom (talk) 17:21, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Social Security number (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Also, months ago, I edited the page for 'Social Security Number'. Since I have a letter from the Soc Sec Admin that says that the Soc Sec Act DOES NOT require Americans to have a Soc Sec Number in order to work, and that, as an American I legally work without a Soc Sec Number, I pointed this out with codified citations. Again, my edit was denied. How was my edit no constructive?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.217.20.236 (talk) 16:31, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Dear user at IP 76.217.20.236: Regarding the article on Tommy Cryer, the mere fact that the links are dead does not mean that the footnote references to the source material should be deleted. Also, you deleted the text itself in the body of the article, not merely the citations in the footnotes. The fact that a particular source is no longer on the internet does not mean that the source should be removed.

On the article on the Social Security number, your comments appear to be similar to fringe arguments -- bouncing around the internet for many years -- about the legal requirements for Social Security numbers. That may or may not be the reason your material was deleted from that article. At any rate, if you are a U.S. citizen, whether the Social Security Act itself (which is just one of many Federal statutes) requires you to have a social security number to "work" is not really important. What is important is that under the Internal Revenue Code, you are required to have and to use your Social Security number as your identifying number for the purpose of filing U.S. federal income tax returns. If you are a U.S. citizen, you are also legally required to inform your employer (and certain other people who provide you with compensation) of your Social Security number.

For all intents and purposes, a U.S. citizen is legally required to have a Social Security number to "work" -- if he or she wants to be paid for working. So, adding information about the lack of a requirement in the Social Security Act itself may appear to be unconstructive -- as an attempt to try to leave an erroneous impression, etc. Famspear (talk) 17:19, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Famspear, as regards the social security number, you are talking here in term of the content of the IP's edit. That may be relevant, but the more general point is that Wikipedia articles must be based on reliable published sources. An unpublished letter, no matter who it is from, is never valid as a source. --ColinFine (talk) 20:52, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Agreed. Famspear (talk) 20:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Page to be deleted

I created a new wiki. and imediatly it said it was going to be deleted. for school i am making a wki that does not have completly true info to show that you cant trust every thing on the web — Preceding unsigned comment added by Webninja (talk • contribs) 19:23, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

This is an interesting counterpoint as to why some things can be trusted more than others. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:28, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Anyway, please see this essay on page deletion for more information. -- The Voidwalker ^Discuss 19:30, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Webninja, however virtuous your intention may have been, the fact is that you knowingly introduced false content into Wikipedia. Please don't do this: it is regarded as disruptive editing, and may get you blocked. --ColinFine (talk) 20:56, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

@Webninja: Did your teacher tell you to create a fake article on Wikipedia? If so, they may want to read over Wikipedia:Student assignments. To create a bogus article here on Wikipedia would be similar to going to a library and changing a physical copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

That said, you said you are "making a w[i]ki". A wiki is not the same as a Wikipedia article. A wiki is a web site that uses some form of wiki software of which there are many types. If you need help making a wiki, then the Computing Reference Desk can help you. If you need help making a Wikipedia article, then we have many that you can try to create at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Though, the learning curve for creating an article from scratch can be steep. Dismas|^(talk) 21:19, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Help with National College of Natural Medicine Page

Hello:

There are a few problems with the page for the National College of Natural Medicine,

National College of Natural Medicine (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

I have posted some suggestions on the talk page there to improve the article. As an employee of the college, I can't make edits directly.

Thanks,

68.178.107.196 (talk) 19:50, 25 March 2016 (UTC)ncnmwriter

Page title that includes a "/"

How does one prevent the "/" character from splitting the page into a sub-page with the title being only the part that comes after the slash? This is about Draft:30/70. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 22:06, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

In article space, subpages are disabled. So if you move the (sub)page to the proper title, the "/" becomes part of the title. -- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}} 22:13, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Right, and it only depends on the namespace. Editors cannot change it. {{AFC submission}} could be coded to handle it better but it currently has no parameter or other feature of help. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:37, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Dodger67, see the AC/DC article for an example; it's a standalone page, not a subpage of AC. Subpages are still possible in talkspace (they're used for talk page archiving and occasionally redrafting of content), so the software thinks that Talk:AC/DC is a subpage of Talk:AC, but that's not particularly a problem. Nyttend (talk) 00:52, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, good to know it's not a problem. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 06:29, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Linking in text to foreign language wiki page

There is a bio on German wikipedia that is not yet available in the English language version. Is there a way to create a link similar to "Wikipage" or can I only place it in the reference or see also? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antzblu (talk • contribs) 23:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Like so: Arbeit. See also, Help:Interlanguage links. Dismas|^(talk) 23:45, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

I don't recommend doing it that way, Dismas, because it gives the reader no notice that it is linking to a non-English source. I recommend using the {{ill}} template, Antzblu: for example, {{ill|de|Dachtel}} displays as Dachtel, with a redlink to the English article, but a bluelink (labelled 'de') to the German one. But if anybody ever creates an English article Dachtel, the English go blue and the de link will be surpressed, without anybody having to change the link. --ColinFine (talk) 18:03, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, ColinFine. Dismas|^(talk) 18:18, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Broken logo in article

On the Homestar Runner page's logo, the logo is displayed incorrectly on every browser I've tried and is supposed to be displayed like the thumbnail on the file page. I'm not sure what the issue is, and I think it might be an overlap issue but I'm not very sure and the thumbnail appears to be correct. What happened, and how can this be fixed? Thanks! -Liance^{talk/contribs} 23:40, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

It displayed fine for me. But it also had a size limit on it. I've removed that limit so that the template can figure out what size it should display as. Dismas|^(talk) 23:53, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Is my draft article in the right place to be seen and reviewed?

Hello. I have just finished my third Wikipedia draft. Previously, I have had two accepted: Yana (singer) and Astor Club. I have just finished one which seems to now be under name "Draft:Draft:Rainer Schlosser", but there is no box at foot of page saying "your review is in a queue for review" or similar. Am I in the wrong place and if so, how can I get the draft reviewed? Thank you. Granitic (talk) 23:43, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

When asking questions here about a specific article, it's generally considered courteous to provide a link. That said, the article is at Draft:Draft: Rainer Schlosser. To get it reviewed, there's a submit template but I don't know it off the top of my head. Maybe someone else will know it and post it before I find it... Dismas|^(talk) 23:57, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

As Dismas stated, when asking question about a specific article, rather than just mentioning an article, it is helpful to provide a link. Otherwise the editors here have to crawl through your edit history. In other words,Please try to help us help you by providing a link. 15:10, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Granitic: Yep, here you go: {{subst:submit| username}} where username is the username of the article's creator (left blank it will assume it is you). Which I found at Template:AFC submission/submit. Good luck with your submission! Dismas|^(talk) 00:00, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Just a comment: according to one of the sources cited, no. 21, his name was Schlösser. His correct name should be at least mentioned in the article, and preferably used throughout it. Maproom (talk) 00:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

March 26

Referencing errors on Areapal

Reference help requested.

Hello, I edited 4 links on this article yesterday because links were not working anymore. I guess I've done some mistake in the first mention. Can you please fix it? Thanks. Thanks, Rohit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rohitbooklover (talk • contribs) 04:32, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rohitbooklover: Fixed the error for you. It was caused by you inserting the dead-link template in the middle of the cite-web template, rather than after the cite-web template but before the </ref>. (Or, if you prefer a visual illustration, here's what fixed it) AddWittyNameHere (talk) 04:38, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Cannot log in using Firefox

I am unable to log in to Wikipedia using Mozilla Firefox 45.0.1 (the latest version). It also didn't work in a few previous versions. When I submit the login form, I am met with the following message:

Login error

There was an unexpected error logging in. Please try again. If the problem persists, it may be because you have cookies disabled, and you should check that they are enabled in your browser settings.

What can I do about this? --83.183.23.160 (talk) 12:43, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

I hope this is pointless to ask but I work in tech support and it often isn't... Did you do as it said and check your cookies? Also, have you tried clearing all cookies and cache? Dismas|^(talk) 13:16, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Cookies have always been enabled. However, removing all cookies related to wikipedia.org worked. Thanks! (If this is a common problem, the error message should advice the user to clear all cookies from wikipedia.org.) --83.183.23.160 (talk) 14:59, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

I've just tried the upgrade without any subsequent Wikipedia problem (Thank you for reminding me). I wonder what cookie setting is causing difficulties for 83.183.23.160. Dbfirs 18:46, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

I doubt it was a setting. I'm guessing that it was a corrupt cookie that wasn't discovered until the version of FF changed. The new version tried to use the old cookie and had problems. Then when the OP's cookies were deleted, the browser loaded a new one which wasn't corrupted and voila! Dismas|^(talk) 21:27, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Dao De Jing

Tao Te Ching (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

In your page about the Dao De Jing you could put in about my version that was taught to me by Lao Tzu. It is available for free from my website life-in-crisis.infoFlowing Hands (talk) 12:50, 26 March 2016 (UTC) I am a traditional Daoist shaman, so I was taught this directly from Lao Tzu.

Hello, Flowing Hands. The best place to ask about changes to a particular article is the talk page for that article. However, I can tell you that the answer is no, unless the material you want added has been published in a reliable source: one with a reputation for editorial control and fact checking. Your own website almost certainly would not count for this, and adding the material would be regarded as original research, which is not permitted anywhere on Wikipedia. --ColinFine (talk) 18:07, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Since the original Lao Tzu, presumed originator of the Dao De Jing, lived at least 2,400 years ago (and we have no article on any more recent individual of that name), the OP's claim would anyway need some fairly robust RS corroboration! {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 5.66.243.108 (talk) 22:40, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Based on the OP's exact wording, they mean that a traditional Dao shaman teaches it with an unbroken line of succession from Lao Tzu. The claim of an unbroken line of succession does not qualify to Wikipedia as a reliable source. Robert McClenon (talk) 21:11, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Using wiki ap

A pop up appeared when I used my wiki app I could not slide left right up or down and there was no X to close the page my only alternative was to remove it from my phone I must excess wiki through Safari directly because it was blocking my access thank you Craig — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1008:B020:67F6:8592:DA94:16E9:AC90 (talk) 15:59, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Error

Greetings. Can someone remove the "< Talk:2" bit that keeps appearing on the talkpages of several military units such as the Talk:2/8th Battalion (Australia)?--Catlemur (talk) 22:18, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

That "< Talk:2" link occurs because the '/' in talk namespace is interpreted as: Namespace:Page/Subpage so MediaWiki thinks that 8th Battalion (Australia) is a subpage of the page Talk:2. In article namespace, there are no subpages but subpages are allowed in Talk:. I don't have a solution just an explanation. You can see this same thing happening in other article talk pages where the article title has a slash.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 23:18, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hello, Catlemur. This is do to a technical feature of the Wiki software that we use, and is best ignored. In the main article namespace (mainspace) subpages are not allowed, so the name of the article is (quite properly) 2/8th Battalion (Australia). However in the article talk namespace, subpages are allows, so technically ther nis a page talk:2 whiach has a subpage Talk:2/8th Battalion (Australia), because the slash is parsed as causing a subpage. It doesn't really cause any problems, its just what happens when an article title includes a slash. DES ^(talk) 23:20, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

one inquire

hello how can i write new article into your website .. thanx — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alraed1983 (talk • contribs) 23:07, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

@Alraed1983: A welcome message has been posted to your talk page. Please read over the material that has been posted there. Dismas|^(talk) 00:33, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

March 27

Can't find WhatLinksHere link

Resolved

I'm disambiguating Special:WhatLinksHere/Eleanor_Daley, and there's one entry remaining, supposedly a link from Eleanor "Sis" Daley, which I can't see in the article. Am I overlooking something? (Eleanor "Sis" Daley coincidentally (?) happens to be the intended disambiguation target.) — Sebastian 05:33, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Fixed - it was in the {{redirect}} hatnote. --Scott Davis ^Talk 06:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you! — Sebastian 06:41, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Facebook links

I'm stumped at finding an appropriate policy or style guide for Facebook links. I'm sure that the recent addition to The Australian Mental Health Party needs formatting differnetly (or reverting), but can't find a guideline to say what I should do to it. Trying to find some guidance or examples found Kumar Gaurav which didn't look like an example I want to follow either. Any hints where the policy or guideline on such things might be please? --Scott Davis ^Talk 05:43, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Probably this should use Template:Facebook. I've gone ahead and made the change. FYI: I've also added a notability tag. Rwessel (talk) 07:05, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi Scott Davis, as a rule we don't actually want Facebook links at all. The only time a Facebook link should be included in the "External links" list is if Facebook is the only official online representation of the subject. When a subject, such as The Australian Mental Health Party, has a website under their own domain name we do not list their Facebook link at all. I have fixed it for you. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:14, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you both for confirming my feeling about the Facebook link, although I still didn't find the relevant policy/guideline page. @Rwessel: Re notability, the Australian consensus has been that any party that is or has been registered by the Australian Electoral Commission or any state equivalent is sufficiently notable. We have an election coming up later this year, so most current small parties will get some coverage then, and small parties in general are quite topical in Australia at the moment due to recent changes to the voting system for our upper house. I am gradually working through lifting the standard of articles about the current parties. There are four more currently in the queue for registration, so it will take a while. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:04, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@Scott Davis Sorry I forgot to link to the guideline -WP:ELNO. -- Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 13:15, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you Dodger67 (talk · contribs). That is the guideline I believed existed, but I could not find. --Scott Davis ^Talk 13:35, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Bendix Trophy Race for Aeronautics

On your page for The Bendix Trophy Race you have the winner in 1954 as Edward D. Kenny. The winner of the race was my father, Edward William Kenny, Jr. Please correct the name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.0.181.147 (talk) 07:00, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

link: Bendix Trophy

Do you have a wp:reliable source for this change? I took a quick look and the current sources for the 1954 race appear to be dead links, so I don't know what they showed. Rwessel (talk) 07:12, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

This newspaper gives him the middle initial D, as do a few other sources, but the obituary says William and the Chicago Tribune gives W as the middle initial. How do we know which is accurate? (My opinion is that the W is probably correct, but how did the confusion arise?) Dbfirs 07:31, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Perhaps the fact that capital D and capital W are next to each other on a linotype keyboard led to a typo that got picked up and repeated in a few places. Deor (talk) 12:16, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

I've gone ahead and changed the initial to W. As a former resident of Chicago, I tend to trust the Tribune (except for its politics). :-) Deor (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Joseph Jacobs

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Lotje (talk) 11:35, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

User talk:Lotje#Reference errors on 13 March, sorry, but I cannot see what is meant. Lotje (talk) 11:35, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

There was a URL value query against ref 8. Although the URL looked right I 're-did' it and it seems OK now. Eagleash (talk) 12:51, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Table problem

I was editing the article List of number-one singles of 2016 (Finland) when I came across a problem. The download chart (second column) should have two number one songs for week 12. I listed them in the same row, which looks very clumsy. There should be separate rows for both songs for that week. Generally, I know this can be done by adding an extra row, but I haven't managed to do it the right way. The problem is that one of the two number ones was already at the top a week before. I would like to have the row for Sanni to show in both week 11 and 12, with the row for Adam Lambert also showing for the latter. However, when I do this, it never displays correctly. On my first attempt, the Lambert row messed up the table [1]. On the second attempt, the row for Sanni disappeared from week 12 [2]. I know it's difficult to explain the problem, but I hope someone understands and can explain what I did wrong. I had the same problem earlier with the article List of number-one singles of 2011 (Finland) and week 48 in the second column. YuckieDuck (talk) 16:18, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@YuckieDuck: Does [1] look right? It uses code from your second attempt but adds a forced row height to prevent a row with no content from getting height 0. The result may depend on factors like browser, window size and resolution. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:22, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks! Now it looks the way it should, at least on Firefox and Chrome. YuckieDuck (talk) 20:34, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter:I tried using the same code for the 2011 article that I linked to, and it also worked well there. Thanks again for the solution! YuckieDuck (talk) 20:52, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

March 28

Referencing errors on Douglas H. Evans

Reference help requested. On https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_H._Evans, references 2 and 3 don't show up right. I had trouble figuring out how to fix that and could use some help. Thanks, Achim Hering (talk) 03:07, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Achim Hering: You inserted some stray text in the {{cite}} templates that is not a part of any named parameter. What is the purpose of the text supposed to be? —teb728 t c 03:21, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

URL redirects to ?

I use the latest edition of Internet Explorer, having found it preferable to the Microsoft Edge browser.

I don't use Special:Search very much: instead, when I want to go to a page, I just edit the URL at the top of my browser screen. If I'm at a normal page, I just replace everything after /wiki/ with the new title, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo and if I'm somewhere else (e.g. a history page), I type the page name after ?title=, e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foo. This works fine normally, but when we get into odd characters (ones that the software wants to represent with percent-encoding), I get different results — typing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ʉ properly takes me to the U bar page with the expected ^{Redirected from Ʉ} notice, but when I type https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ʉ the software sends me to Question mark with a notice of ^{Redirected from ?}. The same result occurs for other somewhere else pages; for example, typing https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ʉ&action=history takes me to the history of the ? page. (1) Why does it do this? Do question marks have some significance for percent-encoding that forces a misinterpretation?

Odd enough. But more oddly, when I type https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/? (again editing the URL, not clicking a link), the software sends me to the Main Page, as if I'd typed nothing at all after /wiki/, and doesn't mention anything about the question mark page. Meanwhile, a link to ? displays with percent-encoding, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3F. (2) Why does the software ignore the question mark when it's typed into the URL? And why does it force percent-encoding for the ? link but not other pages? I've had comparable results with pages containing question marks at non-initial locations; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew? tells me that I've visited https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew and the link Who is a Jew? gets interpreted as Who_is_a_Jew%3F.

Nyttend (talk) 04:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

In a url, the question mark introduces a query string. The query string is usually information needed by the server to serve you the correct page. Here the query string instructs the server to serve section 40 of Wikipedia:Help desk in edit mode:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=40

To prevent the server from interpreting the question mark in Who is a Jew? as the beginning of a zero-length query string, it must be percent encoded.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:06, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Uniform Resource Locator#Syntax uses a question mark to separate the path (computing) and a query string so ? is not percent-encoded when it's written directly in a url. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/? is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ with an empty query string so it does the same: Redirect to Main Page. In a wikilink like ? the MediaWiki software will automatically percent-encode it. Typing https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ʉ in the url works for me in Firefox. IE apparently does something different when Unicode characters are in the query string instead of the path. A Google search on internet explorer unicode query string gave some hits which appear to mention this but I haven't examined the details. By the way, when MediaWiki converts a directly written url to a link, it assumes the url does not end with a question mark or period but rather that those characters end a sentence where a url was right before an ending punctuation character. Therefore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_is_a_Jew? omits the question mark from the link. Many other programs like mail software does the same. The ending character can be percent-encoded to avoid this behaviour. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:02, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Draft Article

I have written a draft article about 'William Mawson' - this is my first article.

How do I move it from a 'draft' to a full article that is available in Wikipedia. Every time I open it, 'draft William Mawson' comes up.

Thanks

Ian Mawson

Happygrandad (talk) 07:03, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Happygrandad: The initial submission of Draft:William Mawson was declined by the reviewer. After you follow the reviewer's advice, click the "Resubmit" button to submit the corrected draft for re-review. —teb728 t c 09:15, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

How do I get a check mark to print?

How do I get a check mark to print? I read this page (Check mark), but it doesn't really tell me anything. The only "code" that I was able to find in Wikipedia is this: {{unichar|2713}}. Which yields this: U+2713 ✓ . But I want just the check mark to print, without that U+2713 notation to the left of it. Also, are there several variations of check marks to select from? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 07:24, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

See Numeric character reference. ✓ produces ✓. It displays correctly for me in Firefox but I don't know whether all common browsers can display it. You can also copy-paste an existing Unicode character directly to the edit box. It will display in the same browsers as using the code. See {{Check mark}} for various options with images. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

These all work for me (I use Chrome, but it may also be relevant what fonts I have installed). ⍻ ⍻ ☐ ☐ ☑ ☑ ✅ ✅ ✓ ✓ ✔ ✔ Maproom (talk) 10:35, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Arkay Beverages

I wrote an article about Arkay beverages, they keep telling it contains a form of adverts which i have edited so many times and using coca-cola and grey grose as a guide line, i dont know why i keep seeing this error messages, i look forward for your help on this issue.

thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abekeapo (talk • contribs) 09:12, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

This is about Arkay Beverages. Sentences like "ArKay is the world’s first company producing alcohol free liquors with a commitment to make a better life for everyone" are written in the style of an advertisement, and are out of place in an encyclopedia article. But the article has worse faults, particularly the total lack of independent references to establish that the subject is notable. Maproom (talk) 10:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Link to other language wiki

Hello,

I have mentioned the name of a French man on my English Wikipedia page, which shows up as red in my article, even though there is a page about him on the French Wikipedia site. Is it possible for me to link between the English and French sites so that by clicking on his name the reader can access the article on him (even though it will be in French!)

I'm not very proficient with Wikipedia, so if you can give me any simple instructions I'd be very grateful!

Thank you and best wishes,

Smichok — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smichok (talk • contribs) 12:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Smichok: This was asked just the other day. Please see the answer above at Wikipedia:Help desk#Linking in text to foreign language wiki page. Dismas|^(talk) 13:19, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Category question

A page, Michael Gira, was recently added to a Category:prisoners and detainees of Israel. I undid the addition, as he isn't currently a prisoner of Israel, nor does he live there. Is that a reasonable category for someone who is not currently a prisoner or detainee? I'm not really certain about that and I feel like I may need to revert myself. R. A. Simmons ^Talk 12:46, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Reference 8 in Michael Gira reads "I ended up in Israel, where I was arrested for selling hashish. I spent four and a half months in jail." So he was a detainee there. And the category is "prisoners and detainees of Israel", not "current prisoners and detainees of Israel". Ian Botham is in the category "Somerset cricket captains", even though he has not played for Somerset for decades. Maproom (talk) 16:07, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Good point. I suppose I'll revert myself on that. R. A. Simmons ^Talk 16:57, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

request for update of the information on Afghan Embassy in Washington DC

to whom it may concern:

my name is Fayeq Wahedi, i would like to contact someone to update content related to the information on the embassy of Afghanistan in Washington DC.

thank you and please get back

best regards

fayeq Wahedi — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.195.90.97 (talk) 15:30, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

You can post a request about the page Embassy of Afghanistan, Washington, D.C. here. Click the edit link to the right of the above section heading. Note that if you only see the problem in a box on a search results page from Google, Yahoo or Bing then the problem is probably only at that website and has nothing to do with Wikipedia (see Template:HD/GKG for an explanation about Google). PrimeHunter (talk) 16:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Says that I don't have reliable sources

I have posted a new wiki entry but it says that I have not used credible sources, yet I have used Boston Business Journal, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, a non-profit's website, the Boston Globe, etc. Are those not credible? Or am I doing something else wrong? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamcoughlin (talk • contribs) 18:00, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

"Credible" is not enough. You need reliable independent sources, with significant discussion of the subject. Of the references in Kyle York:

• 1 is by his employer, and therefore not independent
• 2 and 8 are interviews of him, and therefore not independent
• 4 is written by him, and therefore not independent
• 5 and 7 are mere mentions of him

This leaves 3 and 6 as possibly acceptable sources. I will leave it to other editors to judge whether they are reliable. Maproom (talk) 18:32, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Maproom, surely that is confusing the requirement that BLP articles have at least one source with the notability requirements for independent, significant coverage? While the latter is an issue, the article has been proposed for deletion due to the former. Cordless Larry (talk) 20:41, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Maybe I am confused. The notice at the top of Kyle York does not use the word "credible". It says "Please help to establish notability by adding reliable secondary sources". As things are, it is doubtful that it does have reliable secondary sources that establish notability. Maproom (talk) 21:12, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

It does now, Maproom, but only since I replaced the proposed deletion template with a notability one after I had posted my comment above. The notability issue does need resolving, but that is not why the article was proposed for deletion. Cordless Larry (talk) 21:17, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi i am new to wiki i have a quick question...

Hi I have written a large story, and since i do not charge for my books, i figured i might start a page kind of like how destiny has destinypedia and put it up for anyone who would like to read it. Is this the wrong way to use wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Archmind (talk • contribs) 19:26, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for asking here. Yes, it is the wrong way to use wikipedia. See WP:ISNOT , one of the entries is that Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought.Naraht (talk) 19:43, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

deleting/removing a page

How does one go about requesting that a page be removed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doughnutgirl (talk • contribs) 19:52, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Doughnutgirl: Wikipedia:Deletion process mentions several possibilities. If you specify a page and why you want it deleted then we can give more specific advice. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:09, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Samsung Galaxy S III

Reference help requested. Need help fixing a refrence Thanks, TysonTyson666 (talk) 22:05, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

For any other helpful souls go want to go down this path... It has already been fixed. Dismas|^(talk) 23:45, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Help?

I love Wikipidea™ in all its multiform glory. What shall I do? 23:50, 28 March 2016 (UTC)