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Can you fix the error on the 2020 Big 12 Conference Football schedule please. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 03:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
Our Artist, Duane Harden, WikiPedia page is needs to be updated: /info/en/?search=Duane_Harden
Who do we contact to hire someone to update his WikiPedia page to connect the WikiMii information of (1) my discography and (2) chart position success ?
Thanks,
Soltrenz Records
Duane Harden - https://wikimili.com/en/Duane_Harden
You Don’t Know Me - https://wikimili.com/en/You_Don%27t_Know_Me_%28Armand_Van_Helden_song%29 What You Need - https://wikimili.com/en/What_You_Need_(Powerhouse_song) Love Generation - https://wikimili.com/en/Love_Generation_(song) Party All Day (Sleep All Night) - https://wikimili.com/en/Party_All_Night_(Sleep_All_Day) Stop Playing With My Mind - https://wikimili.com/en/Stop_Playing_with_My_Mind
And many many more music releases — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soltrenzrecords ( talk • contribs) 03:59, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
There are several references in an article with incorrect links. All of the citations in the reference section have little padlocks next to them, which I presume means they can't be edited. When I try to edit the entire section, none of the references appear, as if I am not authorized to edit them. I can suggest the proper URL, but can't find instructions to help me. What do I do? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biblionaif ( talk • contribs) 05:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)
TimTempleton
(talk)
(cont)
06:57, 23 January 2020 (UTC)Hello,
Can someone shed some light on what is going on here? Does Wikipedia app track its users or is this a misunderstanding? Thank you Zolidor ( talk) 06:33, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Tried to create the Arabic translation of the article "United Development Company", and was faced with this error (translated from Arabic) at attempt to create draft:
The title "United Development Company" has been banned from creation. It matches the following entry in the blacklist: .*شركة.* <autoconfirmed>"
(please note "شركة" means "company" in Arabic, and it is in the name of the article published).
Tried Help desk in Arabic Wikipedia but haven't gotten any reply or help for past 9 days.
Appreciate any guidance or help in creating this translation. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Articulusscriptor ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello @ GreenMeansGo and Arch dude:. Thanks for pings. I replied on the help desk of the Arabic Wikipedia. The issue here, that word شركة (=company) exist on arwiki titleblacklist and newusers should be autoconfirmed (Registered since 4 days with 50 edits on article namespace) to create such title, as there's a lot of tries to make articles about companies without any notability (based on Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Above user, made 14 edits (11 enwiki + 3 arwiki), and all of his edits related to above company, so probably there's COI! -- Alaa :)..! 12:27, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi helpdesk. I've been checking Help:Diff to find a way to load the changed rows in an article without loading the entire article (in some cases the article is huge and only a single line has changed so the page takes a long time to load.) I appreciate that the server probably has to compute the diffs anyway, which may be time consuming, but it seems like sending the entire article in a response is an unnecessary burden on the network. The Diff article only provides shorthand formats for the request URL. Does anyone know if there's a way to request just the diff? Thanks, 194.74.171.225 ( talk) 09:39, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
&diffonly=1
to any of the above:http://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=cur&oldid=123456789&diffonly=1
Hello,
Please can someone change the page name of the below? The new team name is Canyon dhb p/b Soreen. I work for the team but do not have administrator rights to change this. /info/en/?search=Canyon_DHB_p/b_Bloor_Homes
Many thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by CNGallagher ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've written am article about Portia Geach - here is the draft . But when I tried to move it to the mainspace it says there's already the article with such name although there isn't (I've checked). There's an article on Award named after her, but not about her. Can someone please help me with it? Thank you in advance, -- Less Unless ( talk) 12:44, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I saw it yesterday on sportslogos.com and they have the logo. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 14:35, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
The "Notable Productions" section of the page "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" includes the following line:
The play toured in the US and played in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theater from April 11 to May 12, 2007.
The Golden Gate Theater is in Los Angeles, not San Francisco, and it was vacant in 2007. I don't have better sources for information about a 2007 tour of the play, so I'm not sure how to offer a correction.
What's the proper etiquette here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.216.161.17 ( talk) 14:59, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
@ 72.216.161.17: It appears the production was in the Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco so I have corrected the article. TSventon ( talk) 15:28, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I am looking to change the title of this page - /info/en/?search=USwitch The current title is USwitch Due to the branding of the company in questions, the title should be displayed as Uswitch. How do I make this change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IwFergusson ( talk • contribs) 15:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
please help me publish this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:Joe_shrivastava/sandbox&action=edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe shrivastava ( talk • contribs) 15:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
My favorite director Agata Alexander does not have a wiki page but her new movie does, I'm trying to add a reference page for her and connect it to the film's page, how do I do this?
/info/en/?search=Warning_(upcoming_film) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifoundmolly ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much, I watched the video and created a Sandbox article which was submitted for review, but it said it can take up to 6 months and I'm sure the movie will be out before then.
/info/en/?search=Warning_(upcoming_film) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifoundmolly ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
When I first created my Wikipedia account, I remember seeing a "Let's get started" program that was an interactive way of finding articles on Wikipedia that needed basic edits (e.g. spelling and grammar fixes). I was rather fond of this program, but I cannot see to find it anywhere. Is there are any way of accessing it again? Here is an image for reference:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by TentativeTypist ( talk • contribs) 19:22, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
We just hit six million articles! If anyone can figure out which article it is for the record, I would be curious. -- Dolotta ( talk) 19:26, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I want to make an article for clickz but it got deleted a decade ago. Can I see the deleted article? So that I can improve it. New3400 ( talk) 20:26, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Reason being? New3400 ( talk) 20:31, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
user:331dot yeah I do, it needs one. New3400 ( talk) 20:40, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
No! I just want to make the article. Ok? New3400 ( talk) 20:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Depends, does encyclopedia dramatica and the new York Times count? New3400 ( talk) 20:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Boi. It's the one that had offended page, got shut down like 5 times, and is a Wikipedia article. What about imbd, or that movie review website? New3400 ( talk) 21:00, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
How is imdb not a good source? New3400 ( talk) 21:07, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I want to align cell text to the left in a particular column (the rest of the table's text is centered). Is there a way to do this without copy-pasting style="text-align:left"
in every desired cell?
Help:Table only mentions this functionality for the whole table, rows, and individual cells, not columns. –
Tera
tix
₵
23:42, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
style="text-align:left"
or having a column that isn't perfectly aligned? –
Finnusertop (
talk ⋅
contribs)
15:51, 24 January 2020 (UTC)Help desk | ||
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< January 22 | << Dec | January | Feb >> | January 24 > |
Welcome to the Wikipedia Help Desk Archives |
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The page you are currently viewing is an archive page. While you can leave answers for any questions shown below, please ask new questions on one of the current Help Desk pages. |
Can you fix the error on the 2020 Big 12 Conference Football schedule please. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 03:08, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi,
Our Artist, Duane Harden, WikiPedia page is needs to be updated: /info/en/?search=Duane_Harden
Who do we contact to hire someone to update his WikiPedia page to connect the WikiMii information of (1) my discography and (2) chart position success ?
Thanks,
Soltrenz Records
Duane Harden - https://wikimili.com/en/Duane_Harden
You Don’t Know Me - https://wikimili.com/en/You_Don%27t_Know_Me_%28Armand_Van_Helden_song%29 What You Need - https://wikimili.com/en/What_You_Need_(Powerhouse_song) Love Generation - https://wikimili.com/en/Love_Generation_(song) Party All Day (Sleep All Night) - https://wikimili.com/en/Party_All_Night_(Sleep_All_Day) Stop Playing With My Mind - https://wikimili.com/en/Stop_Playing_with_My_Mind
And many many more music releases — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soltrenzrecords ( talk • contribs) 03:59, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
There are several references in an article with incorrect links. All of the citations in the reference section have little padlocks next to them, which I presume means they can't be edited. When I try to edit the entire section, none of the references appear, as if I am not authorized to edit them. I can suggest the proper URL, but can't find instructions to help me. What do I do? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Biblionaif ( talk • contribs) 05:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
~~~~
. Or, you can use the
[ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.)
TimTempleton
(talk)
(cont)
06:57, 23 January 2020 (UTC)Hello,
Can someone shed some light on what is going on here? Does Wikipedia app track its users or is this a misunderstanding? Thank you Zolidor ( talk) 06:33, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Tried to create the Arabic translation of the article "United Development Company", and was faced with this error (translated from Arabic) at attempt to create draft:
The title "United Development Company" has been banned from creation. It matches the following entry in the blacklist: .*شركة.* <autoconfirmed>"
(please note "شركة" means "company" in Arabic, and it is in the name of the article published).
Tried Help desk in Arabic Wikipedia but haven't gotten any reply or help for past 9 days.
Appreciate any guidance or help in creating this translation. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Articulusscriptor ( talk • contribs) 08:32, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello @ GreenMeansGo and Arch dude:. Thanks for pings. I replied on the help desk of the Arabic Wikipedia. The issue here, that word شركة (=company) exist on arwiki titleblacklist and newusers should be autoconfirmed (Registered since 4 days with 50 edits on article namespace) to create such title, as there's a lot of tries to make articles about companies without any notability (based on Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies). Above user, made 14 edits (11 enwiki + 3 arwiki), and all of his edits related to above company, so probably there's COI! -- Alaa :)..! 12:27, 24 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi helpdesk. I've been checking Help:Diff to find a way to load the changed rows in an article without loading the entire article (in some cases the article is huge and only a single line has changed so the page takes a long time to load.) I appreciate that the server probably has to compute the diffs anyway, which may be time consuming, but it seems like sending the entire article in a response is an unnecessary burden on the network. The Diff article only provides shorthand formats for the request URL. Does anyone know if there's a way to request just the diff? Thanks, 194.74.171.225 ( talk) 09:39, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
&diffonly=1
to any of the above:http://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=cur&oldid=123456789&diffonly=1
Hello,
Please can someone change the page name of the below? The new team name is Canyon dhb p/b Soreen. I work for the team but do not have administrator rights to change this. /info/en/?search=Canyon_DHB_p/b_Bloor_Homes
Many thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by CNGallagher ( talk • contribs) 10:37, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hello! I've written am article about Portia Geach - here is the draft . But when I tried to move it to the mainspace it says there's already the article with such name although there isn't (I've checked). There's an article on Award named after her, but not about her. Can someone please help me with it? Thank you in advance, -- Less Unless ( talk) 12:44, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I saw it yesterday on sportslogos.com and they have the logo. 68.103.78.155 ( talk) 14:35, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
The "Notable Productions" section of the page "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" includes the following line:
The play toured in the US and played in San Francisco at the Golden Gate Theater from April 11 to May 12, 2007.
The Golden Gate Theater is in Los Angeles, not San Francisco, and it was vacant in 2007. I don't have better sources for information about a 2007 tour of the play, so I'm not sure how to offer a correction.
What's the proper etiquette here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.216.161.17 ( talk) 14:59, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
@ 72.216.161.17: It appears the production was in the Golden Gate Theatre, San Francisco so I have corrected the article. TSventon ( talk) 15:28, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I am looking to change the title of this page - /info/en/?search=USwitch The current title is USwitch Due to the branding of the company in questions, the title should be displayed as Uswitch. How do I make this change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IwFergusson ( talk • contribs) 15:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
please help me publish this page https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User:Joe_shrivastava/sandbox&action=edit — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joe shrivastava ( talk • contribs) 15:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Hi there,
My favorite director Agata Alexander does not have a wiki page but her new movie does, I'm trying to add a reference page for her and connect it to the film's page, how do I do this?
/info/en/?search=Warning_(upcoming_film) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifoundmolly ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Thank you so much, I watched the video and created a Sandbox article which was submitted for review, but it said it can take up to 6 months and I'm sure the movie will be out before then.
/info/en/?search=Warning_(upcoming_film) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ifoundmolly ( talk • contribs) 18:11, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
When I first created my Wikipedia account, I remember seeing a "Let's get started" program that was an interactive way of finding articles on Wikipedia that needed basic edits (e.g. spelling and grammar fixes). I was rather fond of this program, but I cannot see to find it anywhere. Is there are any way of accessing it again? Here is an image for reference:
— Preceding unsigned comment added by TentativeTypist ( talk • contribs) 19:22, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
We just hit six million articles! If anyone can figure out which article it is for the record, I would be curious. -- Dolotta ( talk) 19:26, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I want to make an article for clickz but it got deleted a decade ago. Can I see the deleted article? So that I can improve it. New3400 ( talk) 20:26, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Reason being? New3400 ( talk) 20:31, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
user:331dot yeah I do, it needs one. New3400 ( talk) 20:40, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
No! I just want to make the article. Ok? New3400 ( talk) 20:47, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Depends, does encyclopedia dramatica and the new York Times count? New3400 ( talk) 20:54, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Boi. It's the one that had offended page, got shut down like 5 times, and is a Wikipedia article. What about imbd, or that movie review website? New3400 ( talk) 21:00, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
How is imdb not a good source? New3400 ( talk) 21:07, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
I want to align cell text to the left in a particular column (the rest of the table's text is centered). Is there a way to do this without copy-pasting style="text-align:left"
in every desired cell?
Help:Table only mentions this functionality for the whole table, rows, and individual cells, not columns. –
Tera
tix
₵
23:42, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
style="text-align:left"
or having a column that isn't perfectly aligned? –
Finnusertop (
talk ⋅
contribs)
15:51, 24 January 2020 (UTC)