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Please help - ref number 3 on this page is coming up as incorrect — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.36.6 ( talk) 00:58, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I have changed computer (public library) but we are finding it hard to fix up ref. 3 Please help and we are most sorry for any inconvenience 203.12.30.130 ( talk) 02:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Reference help requested.
At, Nik Stauskas, John Shurna and Venric Mark, I have been informed by ReferenceBot that I caused redundant parameter errors that I do not see. Can anyone help out? Thanks, TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:45, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
After editing sources in Wikipedia, i get a message that please you site movieboxofficecollection.com is not a reliable source. but i edit the page after going through official Taran Adarsh collection report and than after publishing a article about that i do edit it on wikipedia but even after sharing official news it is not getting accepted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boxofficeb2w333 ( talk • contribs) 08:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user here. I received an email notification saying that "Loveless a laissé un message sur votre page de discussion." which translates from French to English as " Loveless left a message on your talk page." Now I don't know French. I know English only. Then why am I receiving this notification? Did I do choose something wrong in my preferences? Is it something that we have different user accounts for different languages on Wikipedia (like stackexchange sites) and so if I accidentally created a fr.wiki account, I can delete it? -- Iamvaibhavkumar ( talk) 10:07, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I decided to look at the French message for User:Iamvaibhavkumar. I noticed that my messages flag was highlighted, which in the English Wikipedia means that I have new talk page messages. I clicked on it. Indeed, I had a message, in French, on my French talk page, which I hadn't known I had, welcoming me to Wikipedia. It was dated 16 November 2013, which is probably when I created a unified account. Someone welcomes new users to the French Wikipedia, even if they haven't edited it. I will never edit the French Wikipedia, because I don't know French. (However, one doesn't need to "know" French to be able to recognize a message welcoming them to Wikipedia.) Robert McClenon ( talk) 23:07, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the problem is. Usually it's an undated post but that doesn't seem to be the problem with my talk page. Doug Weller talk 12:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
On the page All I Ask (Adele song), the same few refs (31 to 36) are showing error, yet also being repeated again. Very weird,I don't know how to describe it. Can somebody look into it and fix it?-- MaranoFan ( talk) 16:06, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
who was the firsth Roman emperor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.18.192.242 ( talk • contribs)
Hi. I have made a few wikiedits in the past few days. When do I get paid for my edits, and how much do I get per edit? Thanks. -- Finderoomertæs ( talk) 20:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I was hoping that it would be possible to create a template (or add a parameter to an existing one) that will categorise broken section anchors (i.e. here and here). If so, would it be possible for the template to be added to those redirects automatically (e.g. via a bot) or will one have to do such a task manually. Thank-you.-- Neve – selbert 20:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
GSheaNY ( talk · contribs) is a media representative for DeSimone Consulting Engineers (page recently speedily deleted) who has been adding their name to the articles for every building they have worked on, using only their home page as a reference (see his contributions page to get an idea of the extent of this, about two dozen articles). This seems highly promotional to me, but I am not sure how to proceed. He was warned about this activity, and seemed to desist a few days later, but I suspect it was because his work was done. Is a company's own web page a good enough source to justify adding information about that company to an article? Is it bad wiki-manners for me to single out the work of one person who probably believed he was acting in good faith? And if I do undo this work, do I need to take responsibility that every other fact in the articles is adequately sourced? Thanks in advance for your advice. ubiquity ( talk) 20:55, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
They are not adding links to the bodies of the articles, only mentions sourced by their home page (so of course the reference contains the link). The editor claims he has better sources, and I am working with him to avoid promotionalism, so I guess I'll let the matter ride for the time being. ubiquity ( talk) 22:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
An alternate name for the Prairie Evaporite Formation is Prairie Formation. Searches for the latter (which has no page) should be redirected to the page for the former. I suspect that it requires an Admin to do this. Could someone please help? Georgialh ( talk) 21:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Yes, I that see now. Thank you! Georgialh ( talk) 05:59, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
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Please help - ref number 3 on this page is coming up as incorrect — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.2.36.6 ( talk) 00:58, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I have changed computer (public library) but we are finding it hard to fix up ref. 3 Please help and we are most sorry for any inconvenience 203.12.30.130 ( talk) 02:20, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Reference help requested.
At, Nik Stauskas, John Shurna and Venric Mark, I have been informed by ReferenceBot that I caused redundant parameter errors that I do not see. Can anyone help out? Thanks, TonyTheTiger ( T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:45, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
After editing sources in Wikipedia, i get a message that please you site movieboxofficecollection.com is not a reliable source. but i edit the page after going through official Taran Adarsh collection report and than after publishing a article about that i do edit it on wikipedia but even after sharing official news it is not getting accepted — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boxofficeb2w333 ( talk • contribs) 08:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Hi, I am a new user here. I received an email notification saying that "Loveless a laissé un message sur votre page de discussion." which translates from French to English as " Loveless left a message on your talk page." Now I don't know French. I know English only. Then why am I receiving this notification? Did I do choose something wrong in my preferences? Is it something that we have different user accounts for different languages on Wikipedia (like stackexchange sites) and so if I accidentally created a fr.wiki account, I can delete it? -- Iamvaibhavkumar ( talk) 10:07, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
I decided to look at the French message for User:Iamvaibhavkumar. I noticed that my messages flag was highlighted, which in the English Wikipedia means that I have new talk page messages. I clicked on it. Indeed, I had a message, in French, on my French talk page, which I hadn't known I had, welcoming me to Wikipedia. It was dated 16 November 2013, which is probably when I created a unified account. Someone welcomes new users to the French Wikipedia, even if they haven't edited it. I will never edit the French Wikipedia, because I don't know French. (However, one doesn't need to "know" French to be able to recognize a message welcoming them to Wikipedia.) Robert McClenon ( talk) 23:07, 20 February 2016 (UTC)
I'm not sure what the problem is. Usually it's an undated post but that doesn't seem to be the problem with my talk page. Doug Weller talk 12:09, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
On the page All I Ask (Adele song), the same few refs (31 to 36) are showing error, yet also being repeated again. Very weird,I don't know how to describe it. Can somebody look into it and fix it?-- MaranoFan ( talk) 16:06, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
who was the firsth Roman emperor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.18.192.242 ( talk • contribs)
Hi. I have made a few wikiedits in the past few days. When do I get paid for my edits, and how much do I get per edit? Thanks. -- Finderoomertæs ( talk) 20:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Hello. I was hoping that it would be possible to create a template (or add a parameter to an existing one) that will categorise broken section anchors (i.e. here and here). If so, would it be possible for the template to be added to those redirects automatically (e.g. via a bot) or will one have to do such a task manually. Thank-you.-- Neve – selbert 20:51, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
GSheaNY ( talk · contribs) is a media representative for DeSimone Consulting Engineers (page recently speedily deleted) who has been adding their name to the articles for every building they have worked on, using only their home page as a reference (see his contributions page to get an idea of the extent of this, about two dozen articles). This seems highly promotional to me, but I am not sure how to proceed. He was warned about this activity, and seemed to desist a few days later, but I suspect it was because his work was done. Is a company's own web page a good enough source to justify adding information about that company to an article? Is it bad wiki-manners for me to single out the work of one person who probably believed he was acting in good faith? And if I do undo this work, do I need to take responsibility that every other fact in the articles is adequately sourced? Thanks in advance for your advice. ubiquity ( talk) 20:55, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
They are not adding links to the bodies of the articles, only mentions sourced by their home page (so of course the reference contains the link). The editor claims he has better sources, and I am working with him to avoid promotionalism, so I guess I'll let the matter ride for the time being. ubiquity ( talk) 22:27, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
An alternate name for the Prairie Evaporite Formation is Prairie Formation. Searches for the latter (which has no page) should be redirected to the page for the former. I suspect that it requires an Admin to do this. Could someone please help? Georgialh ( talk) 21:43, 19 February 2016 (UTC)
Yes, I that see now. Thank you! Georgialh ( talk) 05:59, 20 February 2016 (UTC)