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I added properly cited, researched edits to the Richard Cordray and Consumer Financial Protection bureau pages - especially since I was the Union president under Cordrays tenure and cited the additions with 3 different articles AND properly factual. Can you explain why someone would delete properly cited additions without discussing with the editor first? this seems to be fairly partisan on the eve of elections does it not? Any help with these dimwits, one an administrator about baseball but probably has ZERO01:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC) Hogfanjax ( talk) clue how government entities work would be appreciated. It is quite maddening this "process" you developed nd he threatened me, or thats the way i took it.
Hogfanjax — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I do not feel safe talking to this person who undid the revision, sorry do you all not have built in safety protocols for things such as this? I did an addition, shouldn't a discuss be done before a deletion, that sounds appropriate, not to remove then discuss after someone threatens you...I did discuss...no one answered, or the one that did on the second page threatened me. Is that your normal process. removal and a threat? Sounds extremely dangerous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hogfanjax — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
How very grown up of you....thank you for allowing me to let my attorneys view your responses. this has been saved and will be disseminated appropriately. It is my opinion this will go no where but I will 100% cover my bases in case this seems factually and legally inappropriate. You do what you need to do, it is also to show users and readers this treatment as I have saved and printed it all to also disseminate. Again thanks for proving my presumption 100% accurate. Have a nice day. oh and it is threatened not threaten....helps with legal analysis if you word it appropriately. :=-) Hogfanjax ( talk) 02:05, 10 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
I am trying to verify my email so i can dispute a mediation resolution rejection to the chairman. no emails seem to go through to verify, This all seems highly suspect...i can only hope the help desk can actually help as no one else seems to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:09, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
was trying to create an article using sandbox(eventually got it right) however need to delete this? [1], any help is welcomed, thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 01:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
.css
and .js
pages have a different
page content model which moves with the page. You did the same by moving
User:Ozzie10aaaa/common.css to
User:Ozzie10aaaa/vector.js earlier. I have changed the latter back to the In this link:
/info/en/?search=List_of_Major_League_Baseball_no-hitters
note 118 is inaccurate since the Expos first no-hitter was outside of Montreal, it was Bill Stoneman in 1969 and he did it in Philadelphia, wikipedia confirms that in this other link:
/info/en/?search=Bill_Stoneman
please correct this
thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.142.83 ( talk) 01:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm new to editing on Wikipedia. I have made two edits via IP address. For Wikipedia help desk discussion, I decided to sign up.
My issue has to do with the edit I made on the Western New England English page. In the Overview of Phonology section [2], it reads "The English of Western New England in fact shows some minor variation throughout rather than one uniform accent" This was put on the page without any source backing. I looked at the pdf file for the book Atlas of North American English over the Internet, which has it's own Wikipedia page here, [3], where it stated that the regions of WNE English have sharp differences from one another.
I edited this part here [4] on the Western New England English wikipedia page. It was reverted here [5] by a user stating "Nope, source fails verification" in the edit summary.
If you look at what I sourced, you can find the book "Atlas of North American English" in pdf format over the Internet. Here is the exact URL of where you can find what I sourced from on page 210: [6]
I highlighted this by taking a screenshot where this information was on page 210, which can be found here [7]
Can anyone please help? It seems like the user that reverted the edit claims that my source failed verification. It seems like to this user, it's a closed issue. Can someone here with experience help? Thank you. Lai2lex ( talk) 04:47, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
|location=
so does not belong in |publisher=
. Instead write:
{{cite book|last1=Labov |first1=William |last2=Ash |first2=Sharon |last3=Boberg |first3=Charles |title=The Atlas of North American English |date=2006 |location=Berlin |publisher=Mouton-de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016746-8 |page=210}}
|authors=
is likewise discouraged.{{cite book|last1=Labov |first1=William |last2=Ash |first2=Sharon |last3=Boberg |first3=Charles |title=[[The Atlas of North American English]] |date=2006 |location=Berlin |publisher=Mouton-de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016746-8 |page=210}}
{{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
How do you move a page using the layout on a mobile device? The "more" button shown at WP:Moving a page does not exist on this interface. DangleSnipeCelly ( talk) 06:58, 9 May 2018 (UTC)DangleSnipeCelly1
Special:MovePage/
before the page name in the url, e.g. changing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example to
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MovePage/Example. Lowercase special:movepage/
will also work via redirecting.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
10:28, 9 May 2018 (UTC)Hi,
I inadvertently turned off the drop-down dialog box feature that you would get when running the cursor over a link. Now all I get is the same word showing up in a little dialog box and to view any information about the link, I have to click it and get transferred to the web page.
How do I turn that feature back on? When I clicked the little icon before, I figured that I could turn the feature back on at any time... but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.212.150.5 ( talk) 14:14, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I want to assess a NASCAR article and change it's rating. Kpgjhpjm ( talk) 15:07, 9 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpgjhpjm ( talk • contribs) 15:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
~~~~
). Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
15:55, 9 May 2018 (UTC)how am i able to edit out a TON of the false information on my band's wiki page and ensure that the person who originally added it is unable to revise it? i know exactly who it is who has provided the false information as there is some previous bad blood/lawsuit that stems from it.
thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Copenhagenslang ( talk • contribs) 16:46, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I am the Leader of the Rhinocéros Party of Canada. Yes, you can say a future Prime Minister of Canada has a wikipedia account for more than 10 years! (My french account probably date from around 2003 or 2004...) I have 2 questions : 1. People just add their own promises (often very poor), can we lock the page? /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party For example, if you list the promises, you will see "kill everyone", some school stuff like "ban pyramid schemes" and lot of anything. Probably some people that think they are really funny :) but not funny enough to write us and be a candidate! 2. Can we "merge" our 2 pages ? /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada_(1963%E2%80%9393)
Honestly, I think there is 2 pages because when the party restarted in 2006 it was names NeoRhino.ca. Now we have the same name, and it really is the same party going on from 1963 to today, exept we took a 13 years break because of electoral laws and bla bla. Lot of journalists ask me questions about the fact we are "2 different parties" but these questions are really based on what they've seen on wikipedia. Well that is a suggestion, but I think it should be made only 1 article with more details about history.
Also, I know the articles are quite poor and we would like to do an effort to make them better soon. More historical, more encyclopedic way of writing. I'll find some people that write good English to look over it.
Thanks,
-Séb Xerwer ( talk) 18:29, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
{{
Help me}}
somewhere in the section with your question. Je suis disponible pour toute renseignement complémentaire. Cordially,
Mathglot (
talk)
21:32, 9 May 2018 (UTC)Hello
On this page: /info/en/?search=Bill_Longley_(gunfighter) Under: Hoaxes The family even came up with alleged letters said to have been written by Longley from California. The legend spread, and many believed it for quite some time.[citation needed]
I have a letter written Bill's niece Berta Longley where she claims to have had a letter from him stolen from her purse. (I do not think she really did) People just believed he somehow lived.
See http://home.earthlink.net/~james_longley/Myth_of_Bill_Longley_Hanging.pdf Who can I contribute this to in order to added if this is valuable.
Thanks
Bob Boys <eMail redacted> 107.131.122.54 ( talk) 20:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I was just trying to fix the citation "invoked but was never defined" errors on misophonia, but, much to my frustration, I couldn't fix them and am not sure how to do so. If another editor could fix them/explain how I can fix them that would be awesome. Every morning (there's a halo...) 20:47, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
how can i request a public edit of mine to be hidden? I do not want to show I made the edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketinuk ( talk • contribs) 23:12, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Coding efficiency currently redirects to algorithmic efficiency, but data compression would be a more appropriate redirect target.
"Coding efficiency" is not synonymous with efficiency of algorithm. "Coding efficiency" is a term commonly used in scholarly writings on data compression, perhaps particularly compression of video data. The term is apparently also used in the context of neural processing of sensory information.
The results of this Google Scholar search [8] seem to confirm that "coding efficiency" is most commonly used in data compression in scholarly writings.
I tried to submit a redirect request, but it resulted in an error because a redirect already existed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.242.92.97 ( talk) 23:43, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< May 8 | << Apr | May | Jun >> | May 10 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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I added properly cited, researched edits to the Richard Cordray and Consumer Financial Protection bureau pages - especially since I was the Union president under Cordrays tenure and cited the additions with 3 different articles AND properly factual. Can you explain why someone would delete properly cited additions without discussing with the editor first? this seems to be fairly partisan on the eve of elections does it not? Any help with these dimwits, one an administrator about baseball but probably has ZERO01:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC) Hogfanjax ( talk) clue how government entities work would be appreciated. It is quite maddening this "process" you developed nd he threatened me, or thats the way i took it.
Hogfanjax — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I do not feel safe talking to this person who undid the revision, sorry do you all not have built in safety protocols for things such as this? I did an addition, shouldn't a discuss be done before a deletion, that sounds appropriate, not to remove then discuss after someone threatens you...I did discuss...no one answered, or the one that did on the second page threatened me. Is that your normal process. removal and a threat? Sounds extremely dangerous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:45, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hogfanjax — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:50, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
How very grown up of you....thank you for allowing me to let my attorneys view your responses. this has been saved and will be disseminated appropriately. It is my opinion this will go no where but I will 100% cover my bases in case this seems factually and legally inappropriate. You do what you need to do, it is also to show users and readers this treatment as I have saved and printed it all to also disseminate. Again thanks for proving my presumption 100% accurate. Have a nice day. oh and it is threatened not threaten....helps with legal analysis if you word it appropriately. :=-) Hogfanjax ( talk) 02:05, 10 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 02:03, 10 May 2018 (UTC)
I am trying to verify my email so i can dispute a mediation resolution rejection to the chairman. no emails seem to go through to verify, This all seems highly suspect...i can only hope the help desk can actually help as no one else seems to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hogfanjax ( talk • contribs) 01:09, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
was trying to create an article using sandbox(eventually got it right) however need to delete this? [1], any help is welcomed, thank you-- Ozzie10aaaa ( talk) 01:20, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
.css
and .js
pages have a different
page content model which moves with the page. You did the same by moving
User:Ozzie10aaaa/common.css to
User:Ozzie10aaaa/vector.js earlier. I have changed the latter back to the In this link:
/info/en/?search=List_of_Major_League_Baseball_no-hitters
note 118 is inaccurate since the Expos first no-hitter was outside of Montreal, it was Bill Stoneman in 1969 and he did it in Philadelphia, wikipedia confirms that in this other link:
/info/en/?search=Bill_Stoneman
please correct this
thx — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.142.83 ( talk) 01:52, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
I'm new to editing on Wikipedia. I have made two edits via IP address. For Wikipedia help desk discussion, I decided to sign up.
My issue has to do with the edit I made on the Western New England English page. In the Overview of Phonology section [2], it reads "The English of Western New England in fact shows some minor variation throughout rather than one uniform accent" This was put on the page without any source backing. I looked at the pdf file for the book Atlas of North American English over the Internet, which has it's own Wikipedia page here, [3], where it stated that the regions of WNE English have sharp differences from one another.
I edited this part here [4] on the Western New England English wikipedia page. It was reverted here [5] by a user stating "Nope, source fails verification" in the edit summary.
If you look at what I sourced, you can find the book "Atlas of North American English" in pdf format over the Internet. Here is the exact URL of where you can find what I sourced from on page 210: [6]
I highlighted this by taking a screenshot where this information was on page 210, which can be found here [7]
Can anyone please help? It seems like the user that reverted the edit claims that my source failed verification. It seems like to this user, it's a closed issue. Can someone here with experience help? Thank you. Lai2lex ( talk) 04:47, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
|location=
so does not belong in |publisher=
. Instead write:
{{cite book|last1=Labov |first1=William |last2=Ash |first2=Sharon |last3=Boberg |first3=Charles |title=The Atlas of North American English |date=2006 |location=Berlin |publisher=Mouton-de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016746-8 |page=210}}
|authors=
is likewise discouraged.{{cite book|last1=Labov |first1=William |last2=Ash |first2=Sharon |last3=Boberg |first3=Charles |title=[[The Atlas of North American English]] |date=2006 |location=Berlin |publisher=Mouton-de Gruyter |isbn=3-11-016746-8 |page=210}}
{{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
How do you move a page using the layout on a mobile device? The "more" button shown at WP:Moving a page does not exist on this interface. DangleSnipeCelly ( talk) 06:58, 9 May 2018 (UTC)DangleSnipeCelly1
Special:MovePage/
before the page name in the url, e.g. changing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Example to
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MovePage/Example. Lowercase special:movepage/
will also work via redirecting.
PrimeHunter (
talk)
10:28, 9 May 2018 (UTC)Hi,
I inadvertently turned off the drop-down dialog box feature that you would get when running the cursor over a link. Now all I get is the same word showing up in a little dialog box and to view any information about the link, I have to click it and get transferred to the web page.
How do I turn that feature back on? When I clicked the little icon before, I figured that I could turn the feature back on at any time... but I don't know how. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.212.150.5 ( talk) 14:14, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I want to assess a NASCAR article and change it's rating. Kpgjhpjm ( talk) 15:07, 9 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kpgjhpjm ( talk • contribs) 15:04, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
~~~~
). Thank you.
Eagleash (
talk)
15:55, 9 May 2018 (UTC)how am i able to edit out a TON of the false information on my band's wiki page and ensure that the person who originally added it is unable to revise it? i know exactly who it is who has provided the false information as there is some previous bad blood/lawsuit that stems from it.
thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Copenhagenslang ( talk • contribs) 16:46, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello! I am the Leader of the Rhinocéros Party of Canada. Yes, you can say a future Prime Minister of Canada has a wikipedia account for more than 10 years! (My french account probably date from around 2003 or 2004...) I have 2 questions : 1. People just add their own promises (often very poor), can we lock the page? /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party For example, if you list the promises, you will see "kill everyone", some school stuff like "ban pyramid schemes" and lot of anything. Probably some people that think they are really funny :) but not funny enough to write us and be a candidate! 2. Can we "merge" our 2 pages ? /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party /info/en/?search=Rhinoceros_Party_of_Canada_(1963%E2%80%9393)
Honestly, I think there is 2 pages because when the party restarted in 2006 it was names NeoRhino.ca. Now we have the same name, and it really is the same party going on from 1963 to today, exept we took a 13 years break because of electoral laws and bla bla. Lot of journalists ask me questions about the fact we are "2 different parties" but these questions are really based on what they've seen on wikipedia. Well that is a suggestion, but I think it should be made only 1 article with more details about history.
Also, I know the articles are quite poor and we would like to do an effort to make them better soon. More historical, more encyclopedic way of writing. I'll find some people that write good English to look over it.
Thanks,
-Séb Xerwer ( talk) 18:29, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
{{
Help me}}
somewhere in the section with your question. Je suis disponible pour toute renseignement complémentaire. Cordially,
Mathglot (
talk)
21:32, 9 May 2018 (UTC)Hello
On this page: /info/en/?search=Bill_Longley_(gunfighter) Under: Hoaxes The family even came up with alleged letters said to have been written by Longley from California. The legend spread, and many believed it for quite some time.[citation needed]
I have a letter written Bill's niece Berta Longley where she claims to have had a letter from him stolen from her purse. (I do not think she really did) People just believed he somehow lived.
See http://home.earthlink.net/~james_longley/Myth_of_Bill_Longley_Hanging.pdf Who can I contribute this to in order to added if this is valuable.
Thanks
Bob Boys <eMail redacted> 107.131.122.54 ( talk) 20:38, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
I was just trying to fix the citation "invoked but was never defined" errors on misophonia, but, much to my frustration, I couldn't fix them and am not sure how to do so. If another editor could fix them/explain how I can fix them that would be awesome. Every morning (there's a halo...) 20:47, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
how can i request a public edit of mine to be hidden? I do not want to show I made the edits — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cricketinuk ( talk • contribs) 23:12, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
Coding efficiency currently redirects to algorithmic efficiency, but data compression would be a more appropriate redirect target.
"Coding efficiency" is not synonymous with efficiency of algorithm. "Coding efficiency" is a term commonly used in scholarly writings on data compression, perhaps particularly compression of video data. The term is apparently also used in the context of neural processing of sensory information.
The results of this Google Scholar search [8] seem to confirm that "coding efficiency" is most commonly used in data compression in scholarly writings.
I tried to submit a redirect request, but it resulted in an error because a redirect already existed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.242.92.97 ( talk) 23:43, 9 May 2018 (UTC)