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I notice that although two small edits I made this week to two Wiki articles have obviously been accepted (because the current Wiki articles appear with those edits), they are listed in the Revision History pages for those articles with "(undo)" beside them. Why is this? P123cat1 ( talk) 00:13, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for that information, Maproom. I don't know if the practice of putting (undo) beside edits in the list is new. I have made edits in the past, but have never noticed this before. (I am curious to know which edit you found not so good, but if it is difficult for you look it up, please don't bother - you have better things to do with your time!) P123cat1 ( talk) 21:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Can you look at the two pages I created and tell me what is wrong with them?
The name of the pages are: Raymie Muzquiz and Chris Reccardi — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenCezar15 ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I need to edit my father's Wikipedia page....My name is Susan M. Gilbert, I am the first daughter of Paul Gilbert(actor) and Patti Jean Ross, I was born in Denver, CO (Redacted) 1950. I deserve to be added to his information... I can provide proof of my birth-right. Patti Jean Ross was also a famous dancer. They were divorced when I was 1 year old. Paul also has another daughter, Gigi Gilbert, born in 1952. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srandallink ( talk • contribs) 01:28, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Lauren Powers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi Help Desk. I represent entertainment personality Lauren Powers. And I was asked to look into repetitive forced changes to her Wiki page.
Someone keeps maliciously changing her birthdate on her Wiki page to attempt to reflect her to be 5 years older than she really is. She was born in 1962, and this is supported by her California Drivers License.
Lauren has competitor interests that are trying to keep her from being successful with her own line of National Fitness Competitions, and we believe they are changing the date to sabotage her and adversely affect her TV, Film and commercial bookings in Hollywood.
How can we permanently change the Wiki entry to reflect the birth year of 1962, and NOT 1958 that it keeps getting changed to? Is there a way to verify this and then lock it out from future changes? 1962 is accurate. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heshion ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
In pajama Sam thunder and lightning been tried over and over. The T part gets stuck in the vending machine tried getting can of earth quake opening and throwing it at vending machine. It shakes and acts like it's going to come out and stays stuck. Won't come out. Can u tell us how to get that part out of vending machine please. So far we haven't found child or adult that can figure this part of the game out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetfbouncer ( talk • contribs) 07:20, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Please consider adding the following as a 'Related' page to the main About Quesnel page. It has reached local media and has had a story featured on television and the community involvement has tenfold, it is a fantastic resource for the history of Quesnel and area. https://www.facebook.com/remembering.quesnel.bc
Thank you Dave G Llewellyn Founder and administrator of 'Remembering Quesnel BC Canada
Shaw Cable Ten Story aired and upload to their YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwvYBW6eDGo&list=PL4AC5E5077162AC78&feature=share — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quesneldave ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I want to change the page The Full English into a disambiguation for that term rather than just a redirect to the page that was there before, now The Full English (album). I can't see this information on any of the disambiguation pages: can I just change the page contents and include a link to The Full English (album) or will this undermine how moving pages works? A template of what I want to make the disambiguation page look like is available in my sandbox. Thanks for your help! RuthSalter ( talk) 14:23, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I have tried to make minor grammatical and spelling edits as I find them, persons who are obviously ignorant of English usage keep removing them. I shall no longer waste my time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zarcillo ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I would like to add some information about technology adoption to Wikipedia...how do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lori McCrae ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I am trying to add reference supporting the information I have edited. But red letters are appearing instead of the references being accepted. Why — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorri ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
How do I change the thumbnail photo on the Pete Pirsch wikipedia page?
Lcmueller ( talk) 17:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
[[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]
to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg
with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text
with a short description of the image. See our
picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--
ukexpat (
talk)
17:33, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Returning to a previous point made here, I contacted Toyota about the photograph of Ohno, but they didn’t seem to be interested in donating it. On the other hand I found a photo of him here: http://www.nwlean.net/leandefs.htm Lbertolotti ( talk) 17:52, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
At requested moves there is one request out of a few hundred that is transcluding one or more ref tags, causing the project page to display a cite error message at the bottom of a missing reflist. If nothing is done it's not that big a deal; within a week or two it will fall out in the natural course as requests are closed. But I was wondering if anyone can think of a way to easily find the culprit – that is, something less stupidly mechanical and laborious than opening up a few hundred requests to find the offending member.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 18:15, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requested moves/Current discussions
and searched for the ref tags]). Thanks all!--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
18:40, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
/Current discussions
is transcluded at the WP:RM main page, I'll just go add noinclude tags around the ref's there.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
20:08, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
( ←) The bot doesn't use transclusion to create the current discussions list, so hiding with noinclude tags won't work. You can either pull the {{ Reflist-talk}} inside the proposer's signature, and thus include the refs on the RM/CD page, or pull the citations outside the proposer's signature, so that they are an additional comment by the proposer in support. I think the second option is preferable, so I'll try that. Wbm1058 ( talk) 20:37, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
We want to create a company page showing history, facts and manufacturing locations. Can this be done by us without falling into Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.150.148.49 ( talk) 19:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I am making edits to the 'Segal Company' page and was hoping to change the article title to 'The Segal Group.' Can I do this or would I have to start over with a new article? And if that is the case, could we erase the 'Segal Company' article altogether?
Thanks.
-- Tkohlhepp ( talk) 20:33, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Something broke? I repeatedly get "There was an error while searching: Timeout at the HTTP-request." Timelezz ( talk) 21:15, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Some IP's (in a range that is blocked) warned me on my Talk page about a user that allegedly was previously "lying" and "discrediting" other users. The user that was under question, removed the info from my talk page. But I presume that it is my talk page and no one else is removing text. While I do not support what the IP's wrote (meaning, that I did not even considered it interesting enough to start an inquiry) I consider it as just a point of view. But the user that is bespoken of, argues it is a personal attack and requests me coercively to remove the text. I would like to know whether someone is free to remove personal attack from other's Talk page. And whether I need to give in to the request. Or what other road would be best to follow. I do not like to hear bad talk about other users, but I can imagine cases where it is desirable that users inform about other users. And I like to retain a level of freedom of speech as well. I would like to hear some advises on this one. Kind regards, Timelezz ( talk) 21:26, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
@ DES: Would you please review the ANI report and reconsider your advice above. This case involves an IP hopper who has spent a couple of months posting outrageous attacks on an editor (outrageous in that they repeatedly attack the integrity of the editor, while offering nothing but bluster as substantiation). Timelezz is still not understanding what is appropriate for a user talk page, and they are interpreting your generic remarks as at least a partial vindication of their position. Johnuniq ( talk) 01:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
I wrote an article that was resubmitted to me for editing. I edited it an resubmitted it and now have no idea where it is or what the status of the article is. Please help me.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kslavick ( talk • contribs) 21:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
{{AFC submission|...}}
. This removed the box with the link you need to resubmit the article. An editor has restored the box so you can resubmit when you are ready. Another has added {{
reflist}} so your references are displayed. I suspect that originally you clicked "Submit your draft when you are ready for it to be reviewed!" before having saved the draft. This meant your original draft was lost. Don't click any submission link when you are previewing, only when you are viewing a saved page.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
22:06, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Hi,
I did a bit of cleaning up of the entry on Eleonora Abbagnato which had some problems with English usage. I also moved the information about her marriage into a separate paragraph from the rest of the entry which focused on her professional career. Somehow, this created a large blank space between these final two paragraphs and I can't seem to make it go away. Can you fix it please?
Thanks so much in advance
Mariacate ( talk) 21:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
In reading your documentation on Valerio, you mention he left the Accademia dei Lincei because of fear of the Inquisition. There is no mention of his relationship with Margherita Sarrocchi which some say is a major reason in his decision. I am wondering if more investigation should be made in this area.
References
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.58.161.2 ( talk • contribs) 22:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
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I notice that although two small edits I made this week to two Wiki articles have obviously been accepted (because the current Wiki articles appear with those edits), they are listed in the Revision History pages for those articles with "(undo)" beside them. Why is this? P123cat1 ( talk) 00:13, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for that information, Maproom. I don't know if the practice of putting (undo) beside edits in the list is new. I have made edits in the past, but have never noticed this before. (I am curious to know which edit you found not so good, but if it is difficult for you look it up, please don't bother - you have better things to do with your time!) P123cat1 ( talk) 21:00, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Can you look at the two pages I created and tell me what is wrong with them?
The name of the pages are: Raymie Muzquiz and Chris Reccardi — Preceding unsigned comment added by StephenCezar15 ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hi, I need to edit my father's Wikipedia page....My name is Susan M. Gilbert, I am the first daughter of Paul Gilbert(actor) and Patti Jean Ross, I was born in Denver, CO (Redacted) 1950. I deserve to be added to his information... I can provide proof of my birth-right. Patti Jean Ross was also a famous dancer. They were divorced when I was 1 year old. Paul also has another daughter, Gigi Gilbert, born in 1952. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Srandallink ( talk • contribs) 01:28, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Lauren Powers ( | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
Hi Help Desk. I represent entertainment personality Lauren Powers. And I was asked to look into repetitive forced changes to her Wiki page.
Someone keeps maliciously changing her birthdate on her Wiki page to attempt to reflect her to be 5 years older than she really is. She was born in 1962, and this is supported by her California Drivers License.
Lauren has competitor interests that are trying to keep her from being successful with her own line of National Fitness Competitions, and we believe they are changing the date to sabotage her and adversely affect her TV, Film and commercial bookings in Hollywood.
How can we permanently change the Wiki entry to reflect the birth year of 1962, and NOT 1958 that it keeps getting changed to? Is there a way to verify this and then lock it out from future changes? 1962 is accurate. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Heshion ( talk • contribs) 06:22, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
In pajama Sam thunder and lightning been tried over and over. The T part gets stuck in the vending machine tried getting can of earth quake opening and throwing it at vending machine. It shakes and acts like it's going to come out and stays stuck. Won't come out. Can u tell us how to get that part out of vending machine please. So far we haven't found child or adult that can figure this part of the game out. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sweetfbouncer ( talk • contribs) 07:20, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Please consider adding the following as a 'Related' page to the main About Quesnel page. It has reached local media and has had a story featured on television and the community involvement has tenfold, it is a fantastic resource for the history of Quesnel and area. https://www.facebook.com/remembering.quesnel.bc
Thank you Dave G Llewellyn Founder and administrator of 'Remembering Quesnel BC Canada
Shaw Cable Ten Story aired and upload to their YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwvYBW6eDGo&list=PL4AC5E5077162AC78&feature=share — Preceding unsigned comment added by Quesneldave ( talk • contribs) 12:44, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I want to change the page The Full English into a disambiguation for that term rather than just a redirect to the page that was there before, now The Full English (album). I can't see this information on any of the disambiguation pages: can I just change the page contents and include a link to The Full English (album) or will this undermine how moving pages works? A template of what I want to make the disambiguation page look like is available in my sandbox. Thanks for your help! RuthSalter ( talk) 14:23, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I have tried to make minor grammatical and spelling edits as I find them, persons who are obviously ignorant of English usage keep removing them. I shall no longer waste my time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zarcillo ( talk • contribs) 15:45, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I would like to add some information about technology adoption to Wikipedia...how do I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lori McCrae ( talk • contribs) 16:12, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I am trying to add reference supporting the information I have edited. But red letters are appearing instead of the references being accepted. Why — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gorri ( talk • contribs) 17:03, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Hello,
How do I change the thumbnail photo on the Pete Pirsch wikipedia page?
Lcmueller ( talk) 17:18, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
[[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]]
to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg
with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text
with a short description of the image. See our
picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--
ukexpat (
talk)
17:33, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Returning to a previous point made here, I contacted Toyota about the photograph of Ohno, but they didn’t seem to be interested in donating it. On the other hand I found a photo of him here: http://www.nwlean.net/leandefs.htm Lbertolotti ( talk) 17:52, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
At requested moves there is one request out of a few hundred that is transcluding one or more ref tags, causing the project page to display a cite error message at the bottom of a missing reflist. If nothing is done it's not that big a deal; within a week or two it will fall out in the natural course as requests are closed. But I was wondering if anyone can think of a way to easily find the culprit – that is, something less stupidly mechanical and laborious than opening up a few hundred requests to find the offending member.-- Fuhghettaboutit ( talk) 18:15, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Requested moves/Current discussions
and searched for the ref tags]). Thanks all!--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
18:40, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
/Current discussions
is transcluded at the WP:RM main page, I'll just go add noinclude tags around the ref's there.--
Fuhghettaboutit (
talk)
20:08, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
( ←) The bot doesn't use transclusion to create the current discussions list, so hiding with noinclude tags won't work. You can either pull the {{ Reflist-talk}} inside the proposer's signature, and thus include the refs on the RM/CD page, or pull the citations outside the proposer's signature, so that they are an additional comment by the proposer in support. I think the second option is preferable, so I'll try that. Wbm1058 ( talk) 20:37, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
We want to create a company page showing history, facts and manufacturing locations. Can this be done by us without falling into Wikipedia's conflict of interest guideline. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.150.148.49 ( talk) 19:05, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
I am making edits to the 'Segal Company' page and was hoping to change the article title to 'The Segal Group.' Can I do this or would I have to start over with a new article? And if that is the case, could we erase the 'Segal Company' article altogether?
Thanks.
-- Tkohlhepp ( talk) 20:33, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Something broke? I repeatedly get "There was an error while searching: Timeout at the HTTP-request." Timelezz ( talk) 21:15, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
Some IP's (in a range that is blocked) warned me on my Talk page about a user that allegedly was previously "lying" and "discrediting" other users. The user that was under question, removed the info from my talk page. But I presume that it is my talk page and no one else is removing text. While I do not support what the IP's wrote (meaning, that I did not even considered it interesting enough to start an inquiry) I consider it as just a point of view. But the user that is bespoken of, argues it is a personal attack and requests me coercively to remove the text. I would like to know whether someone is free to remove personal attack from other's Talk page. And whether I need to give in to the request. Or what other road would be best to follow. I do not like to hear bad talk about other users, but I can imagine cases where it is desirable that users inform about other users. And I like to retain a level of freedom of speech as well. I would like to hear some advises on this one. Kind regards, Timelezz ( talk) 21:26, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
@ DES: Would you please review the ANI report and reconsider your advice above. This case involves an IP hopper who has spent a couple of months posting outrageous attacks on an editor (outrageous in that they repeatedly attack the integrity of the editor, while offering nothing but bluster as substantiation). Timelezz is still not understanding what is appropriate for a user talk page, and they are interpreting your generic remarks as at least a partial vindication of their position. Johnuniq ( talk) 01:27, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
I wrote an article that was resubmitted to me for editing. I edited it an resubmitted it and now have no idea where it is or what the status of the article is. Please help me.
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kslavick ( talk • contribs) 21:34, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
{{AFC submission|...}}
. This removed the box with the link you need to resubmit the article. An editor has restored the box so you can resubmit when you are ready. Another has added {{
reflist}} so your references are displayed. I suspect that originally you clicked "Submit your draft when you are ready for it to be reviewed!" before having saved the draft. This meant your original draft was lost. Don't click any submission link when you are previewing, only when you are viewing a saved page.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
22:06, 26 February 2014 (UTC)Hi,
I did a bit of cleaning up of the entry on Eleonora Abbagnato which had some problems with English usage. I also moved the information about her marriage into a separate paragraph from the rest of the entry which focused on her professional career. Somehow, this created a large blank space between these final two paragraphs and I can't seem to make it go away. Can you fix it please?
Thanks so much in advance
Mariacate ( talk) 21:38, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
In reading your documentation on Valerio, you mention he left the Accademia dei Lincei because of fear of the Inquisition. There is no mention of his relationship with Margherita Sarrocchi which some say is a major reason in his decision. I am wondering if more investigation should be made in this area.
References
— Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.58.161.2 ( talk • contribs) 22:07, 26 February 2014 (UTC)