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OK, I've never felt the need to request protection for an article before, but one that I created and mostly wrote Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary, appears to have become a target of vandals increasingly over the last few months. How do I go about getting it protected so that unverified users cannot edit it?-- Bellerophon5685 ( talk) 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
On Nathan Deal the reference containing this link is displaying an error reading "zero width space character in |title= at position 1". If someone could fix this error and, better yet, tell me how I can do so in the future, that would be great. The character, being invisible, can't be found just by clicking the edit button or deleted just by pressing the backspace key. Everymorning (talk) 03:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I've seen "an homage" "corrected" to "a homage". According to the grammar references I've checked both are acceptable, depending on whether or not you pronounce the "h". In this case it's not particularly a US vs UK thing so the "national varieties" consideration doesn't apply. Another case is "extravert" to "extrovert" - "extrovert" may be the more common spelling in practice but "extravert" is arguably more correct, being the spelling used by Jung, Eysenck etc and more in accord with the word's Latin roots.
My feeling is that in cases where more than one spelling is in common use and the "national varieties" consideration doesn't apply, the original writer's choice of spelling should not be changed without consensus. Thoughts? MaxBrowne ( talk) 03:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi there!
I'm wondering if there is an option to copy a page to a different location - it's sort of like moving a page, only that the original page is not changed, but everything on the original page stays there; it just gets duplicated at a different location. It would be really helpful for working on an article without running into edit conflicts. Copying and pasting is too much work, so I'm wondering if such a functionality can be introduced with the page move user right that's being proposed.
Thanks! <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> ( talk) 03:53, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Like to enter myself in Wikipedia. I m architect, art director, sculptor and marathi movie director. I won national award in 2006 by APJ Abdul Kalam sir and 3 International and 52 State Awards. My 1st movie released Ek Hoti Rani nw 2 movie in pipeline Dambha and Maya...the Mystery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.239.56.218 ( talk) 04:23, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
In the past, I've used List of cities in Ohio to generate a simple list of cities in each county: all you have to do is sort the table by the county column, and immediately each city is with all the other cities in its county. Convenient, except for the fact that some cities are in multiple counties, and each one sorts into just one location. For example, Delphos is in both Allen and Van Wert counties, and it sorts by whichever is given first, so this sort causes it to appear with Lima in the Allen County group (no problem), but when you scroll down, it looks as if the city of Van Wert is the only city in Van Wert County.
Is there a way to cause an entry to appear in multiple locations, e.g. making one line for Delphos appear in Allen County and another line for Delphos appear in Van Wert County? I hesitate to add a second line (i.e. you sort by City, and there are suddenly two Delphi, each with 7,101 residents, but they're in different counties), both because it might cause problems for data-mining bots, and because Ohio law permits the existence of two cities with the same name (see Oakwood, Ohio), so it might confuse human readers as well. I suppose I could have two lines and add a footnote to each one (e.g. "Extends into Allen County" for Delphos in Van Wert County, "Extends into Van Wert County" for Delphos in Allen County, etc.), or add the same text in a new Notes column; this would un-confuse human readers, but I doubt that it would prevent bot errors. For your reference, this isn't hugely common; there are 23 cities in multiple counties (17 in two, 6 in three), so I'd be adding 29 new lines, while the same thing on the villages list would add 34 new lines, since 2 villages are in three counties and 30 are in two. Nyttend ( talk) 13:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Good morning,
Where can I find the articles that need editing? I took the tutorial before and the list came up, but now I can't find it. Please help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Outtatown ( talk • contribs) 14:37, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello
My name at the game is Schembri20 today i payed $4,95 but i've payed how many they are in euros.The point is i didn't get anything...nothing Please contact with me at messages at roblox as fast as you can and give me my robux and say me why i didn't get them...
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.184.208.191 ( talk) 18:36, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I have had my draft ready for edit since February with no response. What do I need to do to get my contribution, now located in watchlist, to be reviewed? Thanks
Ralph Eshelman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lusbyman ( talk • contribs) 19:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
part which deactivates code inside it.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 20:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Hello,
When I search Austin Petersen, the Libertarian election page comes up, but there is a thumbnail of Gary Johnson. Can you please rectify this? It is very confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starlasworld ( talk • contribs) 20:51, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
How do I create a page for my business? As I see many companies with a wikipedia business page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaica private excursions JPE ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello,
I created a page (Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care) that was deleted over the weekend due to it breaching copyright violations. I work for the company that created that website and was under instruction from the web master to create a page using exact material from the website www.rnzcuc.co.nz. My name is on that website too. The webmaster is currently creating an email giving me permission to use the material on the site on wikipedia, but once I have this letter I would like to know how I can use it to get the page re-instated? who do I email or send my request to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greersullivan ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for that. I just find it slightly confusing as I was trying to follow what the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners had created, which I found have done a similar thing to what I did. Unless I'm missing something obvious... Greersullivan ( talk) 23:11, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
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OK, I've never felt the need to request protection for an article before, but one that I created and mostly wrote Ku Klux Klan titles and vocabulary, appears to have become a target of vandals increasingly over the last few months. How do I go about getting it protected so that unverified users cannot edit it?-- Bellerophon5685 ( talk) 00:21, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
On Nathan Deal the reference containing this link is displaying an error reading "zero width space character in |title= at position 1". If someone could fix this error and, better yet, tell me how I can do so in the future, that would be great. The character, being invisible, can't be found just by clicking the edit button or deleted just by pressing the backspace key. Everymorning (talk) 03:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I've seen "an homage" "corrected" to "a homage". According to the grammar references I've checked both are acceptable, depending on whether or not you pronounce the "h". In this case it's not particularly a US vs UK thing so the "national varieties" consideration doesn't apply. Another case is "extravert" to "extrovert" - "extrovert" may be the more common spelling in practice but "extravert" is arguably more correct, being the spelling used by Jung, Eysenck etc and more in accord with the word's Latin roots.
My feeling is that in cases where more than one spelling is in common use and the "national varieties" consideration doesn't apply, the original writer's choice of spelling should not be changed without consensus. Thoughts? MaxBrowne ( talk) 03:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hi there!
I'm wondering if there is an option to copy a page to a different location - it's sort of like moving a page, only that the original page is not changed, but everything on the original page stays there; it just gets duplicated at a different location. It would be really helpful for working on an article without running into edit conflicts. Copying and pasting is too much work, so I'm wondering if such a functionality can be introduced with the page move user right that's being proposed.
Thanks! <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> ( talk) 03:53, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Like to enter myself in Wikipedia. I m architect, art director, sculptor and marathi movie director. I won national award in 2006 by APJ Abdul Kalam sir and 3 International and 52 State Awards. My 1st movie released Ek Hoti Rani nw 2 movie in pipeline Dambha and Maya...the Mystery — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.239.56.218 ( talk) 04:23, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
In the past, I've used List of cities in Ohio to generate a simple list of cities in each county: all you have to do is sort the table by the county column, and immediately each city is with all the other cities in its county. Convenient, except for the fact that some cities are in multiple counties, and each one sorts into just one location. For example, Delphos is in both Allen and Van Wert counties, and it sorts by whichever is given first, so this sort causes it to appear with Lima in the Allen County group (no problem), but when you scroll down, it looks as if the city of Van Wert is the only city in Van Wert County.
Is there a way to cause an entry to appear in multiple locations, e.g. making one line for Delphos appear in Allen County and another line for Delphos appear in Van Wert County? I hesitate to add a second line (i.e. you sort by City, and there are suddenly two Delphi, each with 7,101 residents, but they're in different counties), both because it might cause problems for data-mining bots, and because Ohio law permits the existence of two cities with the same name (see Oakwood, Ohio), so it might confuse human readers as well. I suppose I could have two lines and add a footnote to each one (e.g. "Extends into Allen County" for Delphos in Van Wert County, "Extends into Van Wert County" for Delphos in Allen County, etc.), or add the same text in a new Notes column; this would un-confuse human readers, but I doubt that it would prevent bot errors. For your reference, this isn't hugely common; there are 23 cities in multiple counties (17 in two, 6 in three), so I'd be adding 29 new lines, while the same thing on the villages list would add 34 new lines, since 2 villages are in three counties and 30 are in two. Nyttend ( talk) 13:03, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Good morning,
Where can I find the articles that need editing? I took the tutorial before and the list came up, but now I can't find it. Please help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Outtatown ( talk • contribs) 14:37, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello
My name at the game is Schembri20 today i payed $4,95 but i've payed how many they are in euros.The point is i didn't get anything...nothing Please contact with me at messages at roblox as fast as you can and give me my robux and say me why i didn't get them...
Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.184.208.191 ( talk) 18:36, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
I have had my draft ready for edit since February with no response. What do I need to do to get my contribution, now located in watchlist, to be reviewed? Thanks
Ralph Eshelman — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lusbyman ( talk • contribs) 19:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
<nowiki>...</nowiki>
part which deactivates code inside it.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 20:35, 4 May 2016 (UTC)Hello,
When I search Austin Petersen, the Libertarian election page comes up, but there is a thumbnail of Gary Johnson. Can you please rectify this? It is very confusing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Starlasworld ( talk • contribs) 20:51, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
How do I create a page for my business? As I see many companies with a wikipedia business page — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamaica private excursions JPE ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Hello,
I created a page (Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care) that was deleted over the weekend due to it breaching copyright violations. I work for the company that created that website and was under instruction from the web master to create a page using exact material from the website www.rnzcuc.co.nz. My name is on that website too. The webmaster is currently creating an email giving me permission to use the material on the site on wikipedia, but once I have this letter I would like to know how I can use it to get the page re-instated? who do I email or send my request to? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Greersullivan ( talk • contribs) 22:26, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Thank you for that. I just find it slightly confusing as I was trying to follow what the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners had created, which I found have done a similar thing to what I did. Unless I'm missing something obvious... Greersullivan ( talk) 23:11, 4 May 2016 (UTC)