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Ref number 37 is in red. Please fix if able. Thanks 175.33.22.145 ( talk) 00:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I created an article this morning about a book on the making of the film Citizen Kane:
/info/en/?search=Citizen_Kane:_A_Filmmaker%27s_Journey
When creating this article, I forgot to italicize the title of the book in the name of the article. Is there a way to italicize the article name at this point, or does the page have to be moved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osl2015 ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion. Hi, I am trying to create a page for Françoise Doherty (and The Girl Bunnies series), Canadian filmmaker, LGBTQ activist and it was sent directly for speedy deletion. The old page was orphaned. The new page is directly from a journal entry and other sources. The artist in question is sourced in many areas. How do I write for someone who was previously deleted. The info is similar because the person/collective is the same. There are many sources, I've listed 4 below. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Examples of sources: Author: MacLeod, Kirsteen (January/February 2017). "Filmmakers.". Kingston Life Magazine: p.20. http://eedition.kingstonlife.ca/doc/kingston-life/kingston-life-january-2017/2017011201/#20
NBC News San Francisco: (Mentions her Film series The Girl Bunnies. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainment/San-Francisco-Transgender-Film-Festival-340014972.html
Awards Announced for Francoise Doherty: http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/imagenation-awards-announced
Interview with XTRA Magazine: https://www.dailyxtra.com/francoise-doherty-25876 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lforets ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, can someone with WP:AWB or another automated tool remove Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Portal:ISIL from all the pages it is present on? The portals were recently deleted via Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 March 2#Portal:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant. The usual unlink tool doesn't work and there's over 100 transclusions. Cheers — IVORK Discuss 01:53, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, My name is not Turner. I am writing to you concerning the succulent article that I edited. My colleague Morgan had given me life changing information that everyone needed to know. Semen IS in fact involved in the succulent species. The suck my butt thing, was, in fact, a complete joke. But I couldn't help myself I'm sorry its how I was born. Semen flows through the succulents mitochondria. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Therefore semen IS in fact important to the succulent plant life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTurner159 ( talk • contribs) 04:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
could you think about road humps because the soun of the moter bikes is so bad it is frightening thank yiu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.157.85.12 ( talk) 08:06, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, an editor dropped by an article I created and drew up, and s/he renamed it. A redirect was created, and now I am trying to revert it to its original name without success, since End of Basque fueros in Spain where it stays now has an (empty) page (link above). Could you please help? Iñaki LL ( talk) 13:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I have found two technical problems in the history pages of two articles I edited. The articles are:
The problems are:
These problems did not exist when the edits were first made, so the history pages do not accurately present the correct history of the pages. Can they be fixed?
Thank you. -- WagePeace ( talk) 16:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
…
became a disallowed number in the used standard at some time so the software started transforming it to html which displays the code itself instead of sending a disallowed character code to the user's browser. Or maybe it was always disallowed and the software became stricter. Every time a page is rendered, the old html is overwritten and not stored, e.g. after every edit to the page. Any change of the wiki source itself will be in an edit in the page history whether by a human or bot.
Here is an editor changing …
to [...]
. I don't know whether there has been a bot making this change systematically.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)…
in decimal which produces …, or …
in hexadecimal which produces … But
MOS:ELLIPSIS says to write three unspaced dots ...
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
…
in the latest Firefox and IE and it is rendered as an ellipsis. But Wikipedia has chosen to break old history pages that were written correctly according the standards extant at the time, which seems to me to be a bad policy. Also, the
Wikipedia page on ellipsis that you linked to doesn't say anything about the old code for it, which would be a good idea, including stating that current browsers continue to render the old code correctly. So I disagree with how Wikipedia is handling these old codes in its history pages and in its articles about characters, but I thank you for explaining the situation. --
WagePeace (
talk) 12:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>.
UTF-8#Invalid byte sequences may be relevant. If we let the user browser try to render invalid UTF-8 characters then editors with browsers where they work may not spot and fix them, while they fail for other users or may even exploit security holes. Rendering of old revisions is low priority.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 13:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)Can you fix the 2018-19 NBA Transactions article please can you fix it from red to blue please do it right now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:8593:4DD7:47CA:9453 ( talk) 17:46, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I need help/instruction on how to update/edit/add to info incl a photo of my fathers info on Wikipedia. Am a bit confused on how to. I do not as yet have an account. Please contact me to instruct. Thank you very much. Dane Lussier II [contact info redacted]
Need to update like my brother Dennis Lussier aka Deke Richards now deceased. Add dadss 2nd son (me), add photo of dad and misc genrl info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1805:8332:0:2D5C:67C8:B9DE ( talk) 18:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi - My co-worker suggested updates in the talk section of Carbon (company) Wikipedia page in May 2017 and there still have been no updates to the page. Is it possible to somehow expedite this process? I've done quite a bit of research, but haven't seen anything substantive. Please let me know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.155.23.250 ( talk) 18:52, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
{{
request edit}}
template), or by posting a note at the
COI noticeboard, so that they can be peer reviewed;{{
request edit}}
to
Talk:Carbon (company)#Updates needed to the Wikipedia Page so it now appears in
Category:Requested edits. The oldest request currently there is two weeks.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:30, 16 April 2018 (UTC)At Capitalization#Nouns, there are two bullets before the point beginning with "Most brand names and trademarks are capitalized". The two paragraphs before also have two bullets, but only one is displayed there. So why does this deviation occur with the third item?-- Kohlscheid ( talk) 19:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
The article Abdul Quadir Amin was recently created. The actor has two minor credits in notable films, so I thought it best to avoid CSD and use PROD since there is some potential claim for notability. The Prod message notes that the article had previously gone to AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Quadir Amin, but nomination there just resulted in an early speedy deletion. Does this article qualify for speedy under CSD G4? MarginalCost ( talk) 20:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
how to log in or get an account? for Anthony Braxton discography, add Anthony Braxton/Stewart Gillmor Duo. "14 COmpositions (Traditional) 1996. Leo Records, 1998, London. CD LR259 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18B:8300:3534:B9A9:774E:5527:8109 ( talk) 21:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi all,
My question concerns photos. I'd enjoy going out and taking photos for adding to wikipedia articles. I've looked at the photo request boards and checked out {{ photo requested}}, but I kind of want to see "all articles that have co-ordinates, and whose co-ordinates are within, say, 15 miles of these co-ordinates" - is there a tool that provides this? I feel like there is, but am struggling to find it.
(Even better, of course, would be 'all articles that have co-ordinates within 15 miles and don't have pictures)
Joereddington ( talk) 22:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
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Ref number 37 is in red. Please fix if able. Thanks 175.33.22.145 ( talk) 00:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I created an article this morning about a book on the making of the film Citizen Kane:
/info/en/?search=Citizen_Kane:_A_Filmmaker%27s_Journey
When creating this article, I forgot to italicize the title of the book in the name of the article. Is there a way to italicize the article name at this point, or does the page have to be moved? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Osl2015 ( talk • contribs) 00:33, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Speedy deletion. Hi, I am trying to create a page for Françoise Doherty (and The Girl Bunnies series), Canadian filmmaker, LGBTQ activist and it was sent directly for speedy deletion. The old page was orphaned. The new page is directly from a journal entry and other sources. The artist in question is sourced in many areas. How do I write for someone who was previously deleted. The info is similar because the person/collective is the same. There are many sources, I've listed 4 below. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Examples of sources: Author: MacLeod, Kirsteen (January/February 2017). "Filmmakers.". Kingston Life Magazine: p.20. http://eedition.kingstonlife.ca/doc/kingston-life/kingston-life-january-2017/2017011201/#20
NBC News San Francisco: (Mentions her Film series The Girl Bunnies. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/entertainment/San-Francisco-Transgender-Film-Festival-340014972.html
Awards Announced for Francoise Doherty: http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/imagenation-awards-announced
Interview with XTRA Magazine: https://www.dailyxtra.com/francoise-doherty-25876 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lforets ( talk • contribs) 00:39, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, can someone with WP:AWB or another automated tool remove Portal:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Portal:ISIL from all the pages it is present on? The portals were recently deleted via Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2018 March 2#Portal:Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant. The usual unlink tool doesn't work and there's over 100 transclusions. Cheers — IVORK Discuss 01:53, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hello, My name is not Turner. I am writing to you concerning the succulent article that I edited. My colleague Morgan had given me life changing information that everyone needed to know. Semen IS in fact involved in the succulent species. The suck my butt thing, was, in fact, a complete joke. But I couldn't help myself I'm sorry its how I was born. Semen flows through the succulents mitochondria. The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Therefore semen IS in fact important to the succulent plant life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by NotTurner159 ( talk • contribs) 04:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
could you think about road humps because the soun of the moter bikes is so bad it is frightening thank yiu — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.157.85.12 ( talk) 08:06, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi, an editor dropped by an article I created and drew up, and s/he renamed it. A redirect was created, and now I am trying to revert it to its original name without success, since End of Basque fueros in Spain where it stays now has an (empty) page (link above). Could you please help? Iñaki LL ( talk) 13:16, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I have found two technical problems in the history pages of two articles I edited. The articles are:
The problems are:
These problems did not exist when the edits were first made, so the history pages do not accurately present the correct history of the pages. Can they be fixed?
Thank you. -- WagePeace ( talk) 16:13, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
…
became a disallowed number in the used standard at some time so the software started transforming it to html which displays the code itself instead of sending a disallowed character code to the user's browser. Or maybe it was always disallowed and the software became stricter. Every time a page is rendered, the old html is overwritten and not stored, e.g. after every edit to the page. Any change of the wiki source itself will be in an edit in the page history whether by a human or bot.
Here is an editor changing …
to [...]
. I don't know whether there has been a bot making this change systematically.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:26, 18 April 2018 (UTC)…
in decimal which produces …, or …
in hexadecimal which produces … But
MOS:ELLIPSIS says to write three unspaced dots ...
PrimeHunter (
talk) 10:39, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
…
in the latest Firefox and IE and it is rendered as an ellipsis. But Wikipedia has chosen to break old history pages that were written correctly according the standards extant at the time, which seems to me to be a bad policy. Also, the
Wikipedia page on ellipsis that you linked to doesn't say anything about the old code for it, which would be a good idea, including stating that current browsers continue to render the old code correctly. So I disagree with how Wikipedia is handling these old codes in its history pages and in its articles about characters, but I thank you for explaining the situation. --
WagePeace (
talk) 12:49, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
<meta charset="UTF-8"/>.
UTF-8#Invalid byte sequences may be relevant. If we let the user browser try to render invalid UTF-8 characters then editors with browsers where they work may not spot and fix them, while they fail for other users or may even exploit security holes. Rendering of old revisions is low priority.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 13:14, 18 April 2018 (UTC)Can you fix the 2018-19 NBA Transactions article please can you fix it from red to blue please do it right now. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:8593:4DD7:47CA:9453 ( talk) 17:46, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
I need help/instruction on how to update/edit/add to info incl a photo of my fathers info on Wikipedia. Am a bit confused on how to. I do not as yet have an account. Please contact me to instruct. Thank you very much. Dane Lussier II [contact info redacted]
Need to update like my brother Dennis Lussier aka Deke Richards now deceased. Add dadss 2nd son (me), add photo of dad and misc genrl info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:1805:8332:0:2D5C:67C8:B9DE ( talk) 18:20, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi - My co-worker suggested updates in the talk section of Carbon (company) Wikipedia page in May 2017 and there still have been no updates to the page. Is it possible to somehow expedite this process? I've done quite a bit of research, but haven't seen anything substantive. Please let me know! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.155.23.250 ( talk) 18:52, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
{{
request edit}}
template), or by posting a note at the
COI noticeboard, so that they can be peer reviewed;{{
request edit}}
to
Talk:Carbon (company)#Updates needed to the Wikipedia Page so it now appears in
Category:Requested edits. The oldest request currently there is two weeks.
PrimeHunter (
talk) 19:30, 16 April 2018 (UTC)At Capitalization#Nouns, there are two bullets before the point beginning with "Most brand names and trademarks are capitalized". The two paragraphs before also have two bullets, but only one is displayed there. So why does this deviation occur with the third item?-- Kohlscheid ( talk) 19:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
The article Abdul Quadir Amin was recently created. The actor has two minor credits in notable films, so I thought it best to avoid CSD and use PROD since there is some potential claim for notability. The Prod message notes that the article had previously gone to AFD at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abdul Quadir Amin, but nomination there just resulted in an early speedy deletion. Does this article qualify for speedy under CSD G4? MarginalCost ( talk) 20:37, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
how to log in or get an account? for Anthony Braxton discography, add Anthony Braxton/Stewart Gillmor Duo. "14 COmpositions (Traditional) 1996. Leo Records, 1998, London. CD LR259 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18B:8300:3534:B9A9:774E:5527:8109 ( talk) 21:47, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
Hi all,
My question concerns photos. I'd enjoy going out and taking photos for adding to wikipedia articles. I've looked at the photo request boards and checked out {{ photo requested}}, but I kind of want to see "all articles that have co-ordinates, and whose co-ordinates are within, say, 15 miles of these co-ordinates" - is there a tool that provides this? I feel like there is, but am struggling to find it.
(Even better, of course, would be 'all articles that have co-ordinates within 15 miles and don't have pictures)
Joereddington ( talk) 22:01, 16 April 2018 (UTC)