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I am trying to cite a book. On the title page, the title is given as "In the beginning was the apeiron". I assume that I should capitalize "beginning" and "was", even though they're not capitalized on the title page. Right? Now, how about apeiron? The word is italicized on the title page because it is a transliteration of a non-English word, the ancient Greek term ἄπειρον. If I use {{cite book}}, the title will automatically be italicized; do I somehow preserve the author's typographical distinction between apeiron and the rest of the title? Further, should apeiron be capitalized? Should I use the {{lang}} template for a foreign word, even though it is transliterated? If so, what is the language code for ancient Greek? Peter Brown ( talk) 00:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
{{
cite book}}
:
{{cite book |title=In the Beginning was the ''Apeiron'' |first=Adam |last=Drozdek |publisher=Steiner |date= 2008 |isbn=978-3515092586}}
{{
lang}}
in cs1|2 template parameters because use of that template will contaminate the metadata produced by the citation template.{{lang|el-Latn|apeiron}}
→ apeironI donated. Way more than $2. Set a f'n cookie and stop bothering me if you want any further donations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.79.115 ( talk) 01:37, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello! There is a problem I've been encountering for a while and would like to know how to fix it. When I use
Footnotes on an article and then add a template which contains other footnotes, all notes stack at the {{notelist}}
linked to the template instead of the one made for the article.
For example, at the
2019–20 Al Ahly SC season article, all footnotes in the article are stacked at the
CAF Champions League group stage section where a template is using a {{notelist}}
for its notes; while the
notes section can be found empty with errors. Is there any solution to fix this error except for changing the notes format from </efn>
to group=note
?
Thanks in advance! Ben5218 ( talk) 08:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to translate the biography of a person that I represent into English and Turkish, from German. How can I do that?
Best regards, Burak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mburakerol ( talk • contribs) 13:46, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
In Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos article there are bullets (•) present in the infobox. These bullets are of no use, space consuming and against Wikipedia's rule. Can anyone remove those bullets? Both Wikipedia pages are protected so I can't do this. Thanks. ( 223.230.173.137 ( talk) 16:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC))
please create a page/information about the late Mr. S.I. Hiyakawa, a former U.S. Senator from California (circa 1960’s/70’s), former President of San Francisco State College (circa 1960’s), and contributor to studies in General Semantics……… — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrgexcellency ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
I've been working on a historical novel for just about forever. I'm finally getting to the point where I'm close to sending it to a publisher or maybe just publishing myself. It's a novel about WWII in the Pacific and the USNs role in some specific battles. I really need a couple maps so readers appreciate the basics of which forces were coming from what direction. I've found a couple of maps in the commons that look pretty good. My question is, if I use those does that mean that the whole novel then has to be freely available? Or would that be fair use since I wouldn't be charging (making a huge leap of faith and assuming I'm able to get anyone to pay to read it) for the maps but the text, but I'm afraid that may still not be within the boundaries of open source use. Is that correct? If I can't use maps from the commons does anyone know of sites where there would be simple maps for major WWII naval battles in the pacific that are in the public domain and that I could use? They don't have to be flashy with lots of colors, those old time maps that look as if they were drawn by hand and are in just black and white would fit right in with the theme of the book (it's fiction but I'm trying to be as historically accurate as possible). Thanks for any feedback, if there is another forum where I should ask this question, please let me know that as well, wasn't sure, this doesn't seem to really fit the Tea House or the Help Desk so I thought I would try here. -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 21:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
How do I create a reference regarding this author winning the Guardian newspaper fiction prize in 1989 in an article about her? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.34.52 ( talk) 22:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
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I am trying to cite a book. On the title page, the title is given as "In the beginning was the apeiron". I assume that I should capitalize "beginning" and "was", even though they're not capitalized on the title page. Right? Now, how about apeiron? The word is italicized on the title page because it is a transliteration of a non-English word, the ancient Greek term ἄπειρον. If I use {{cite book}}, the title will automatically be italicized; do I somehow preserve the author's typographical distinction between apeiron and the rest of the title? Further, should apeiron be capitalized? Should I use the {{lang}} template for a foreign word, even though it is transliterated? If so, what is the language code for ancient Greek? Peter Brown ( talk) 00:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
{{
cite book}}
:
{{cite book |title=In the Beginning was the ''Apeiron'' |first=Adam |last=Drozdek |publisher=Steiner |date= 2008 |isbn=978-3515092586}}
{{
lang}}
in cs1|2 template parameters because use of that template will contaminate the metadata produced by the citation template.{{lang|el-Latn|apeiron}}
→ apeironI donated. Way more than $2. Set a f'n cookie and stop bothering me if you want any further donations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.69.79.115 ( talk) 01:37, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello! There is a problem I've been encountering for a while and would like to know how to fix it. When I use
Footnotes on an article and then add a template which contains other footnotes, all notes stack at the {{notelist}}
linked to the template instead of the one made for the article.
For example, at the
2019–20 Al Ahly SC season article, all footnotes in the article are stacked at the
CAF Champions League group stage section where a template is using a {{notelist}}
for its notes; while the
notes section can be found empty with errors. Is there any solution to fix this error except for changing the notes format from </efn>
to group=note
?
Thanks in advance! Ben5218 ( talk) 08:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
Hello,
I'd like to translate the biography of a person that I represent into English and Turkish, from German. How can I do that?
Best regards, Burak — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mburakerol ( talk • contribs) 13:46, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
In Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos article there are bullets (•) present in the infobox. These bullets are of no use, space consuming and against Wikipedia's rule. Can anyone remove those bullets? Both Wikipedia pages are protected so I can't do this. Thanks. ( 223.230.173.137 ( talk) 16:38, 20 December 2019 (UTC))
please create a page/information about the late Mr. S.I. Hiyakawa, a former U.S. Senator from California (circa 1960’s/70’s), former President of San Francisco State College (circa 1960’s), and contributor to studies in General Semantics……… — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrgexcellency ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
I've been working on a historical novel for just about forever. I'm finally getting to the point where I'm close to sending it to a publisher or maybe just publishing myself. It's a novel about WWII in the Pacific and the USNs role in some specific battles. I really need a couple maps so readers appreciate the basics of which forces were coming from what direction. I've found a couple of maps in the commons that look pretty good. My question is, if I use those does that mean that the whole novel then has to be freely available? Or would that be fair use since I wouldn't be charging (making a huge leap of faith and assuming I'm able to get anyone to pay to read it) for the maps but the text, but I'm afraid that may still not be within the boundaries of open source use. Is that correct? If I can't use maps from the commons does anyone know of sites where there would be simple maps for major WWII naval battles in the pacific that are in the public domain and that I could use? They don't have to be flashy with lots of colors, those old time maps that look as if they were drawn by hand and are in just black and white would fit right in with the theme of the book (it's fiction but I'm trying to be as historically accurate as possible). Thanks for any feedback, if there is another forum where I should ask this question, please let me know that as well, wasn't sure, this doesn't seem to really fit the Tea House or the Help Desk so I thought I would try here. -- MadScientistX11 ( talk) 21:57, 20 December 2019 (UTC)
How do I create a reference regarding this author winning the Guardian newspaper fiction prize in 1989 in an article about her? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.108.34.52 ( talk) 22:24, 20 December 2019 (UTC)