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I would like to know if a link to a video game's official wiki page (in this case, a link to the Terraria wiki as a citation for the video game Terraria) is considered a reliable source. User:thegayfrenchbullie123 ( talk) 03:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
so ummm I’d like to add a micronation to the the micronation list article but it’s protected so how do I bypass it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isaiah1213131415 ( talk • contribs) 21:32, August 31, 2020 (UTC)
{{
edit semi-protected}}
, then make your request, specifying the changes you wish to make and
citing
reliable sources. ~
ONUnicorn(
Talk|
Contribs)
problem solving
19:54, 1 September 2020 (UTC)In your contact page the word organization is misspelled. An when contributors use the word entitled it is being misused. They are using it as the title of a book, tv program, etc. The meaning of entitled is: "believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. "kids who feel so entitled and think the world will revolve around them"" Googled this definition, but also found it https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitled & https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/entitled
Maybe you could have someone to edit these pages for punctuation and proper word usage. This word was a pet peeve of one of my professors at college and it has become one of my pet peeves. Especially when newcasters and documentaries.
I tagged a page for speedy deletion for a page move, but didn't write it down. It's not showing up in my contributions, so presumably it was removed. I'd like to check if I need to do some cleanup/moving. Clarityfiend ( talk) 04:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm having problems with some references in the List of countries by rail transport network size. I really don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? -- Metalpotato ( talk) 06:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
|refs=
parameter to {{
Notelist}}
. So, for example, the whole first note: {{efn|name=EU-presence|The '''European Union''' ... country on these lists.}}
has to be moved up to where it is being used in the first row of the table, replacing {{efn|name=EU-presence}}
. The same goes for the other six notes, so you have just {{Notelist}}
left at the end. Does this make sense? —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
07:08, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{
Efn}}
and appear below the table from the {{
Notelist}}
(and the Notes section and template should go away). FWIW, I tend to use Efn-ua/Notelist-ua or Efn-ur/Notelist-ur so as not to get confused with the numbers and lower-case letters used by refs. BTW, I reported it at
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Bug in list-defined references?. It's not clear whether it matched an existing bug or was a new one, and I don't think there's a time frame for resolution, so it probably has to be worked around for now. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
08:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Another case of this, noticed independently: Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 69#Help needed with CS1 "no key" error. @ AlanM1:, this appears to be related to T22707. Mathglot ( talk) 00:44, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes, my Windows 10 Explorer displays the Wikipedia
favicon for links to Wikipedia. Sometimes the same program instead displays a globe (a blue marble without any additions). Checking the properties (▶ in Explorer, right-click on the icon ▶ select Properties ▶ in the Properties dialog, select the Web Document tab ▶ Click Change Icon...) shows %SystemRoot%\System32\SHELL32.dll
in both cases, and both time the first item in the list is selected – a plain white paper icon. The unadorned blue marble is nowhere in that list – and of course not the Wikipedia favicon. So where does Windows Explorer take the information for both these icons, and why does it change? ◅
Sebastian
10:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to remove the year part from the d mmmm yyyy date rendered by {{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}
. I looked into
Template:Date, and tried {{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}||DMY}}
, but it didn't do the trick. How do I get around this?
{{date|{{date}}|DMY}}
→ 13 July 2024{{date||DMY}}
→ 13 July{{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}|DMY}}
→ 26 July 2022{{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}||DMY}}
→ 26 July 2022Best,
Inimesh ( talk) 10:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}
→ 26 July 2022{{#time:j F|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}}}
→ 26 July{{
COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal}}
supposed to have trailing newlines in its output?{{
str crop|31 August 2020|5}}
→ 31 AugustHello. I just finished my bio for Wikipedia but cannot get it to publish live. Am I doing something incorrectly? Is there a wait period? Malcolm MacKinnon ( talk) 11:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. While I have learned I should not have done it, I created the article Cheating in bridge on June 1, 2016 by a 'cut and paste' method instead of the proper 'Move' method. I wish to retrieve my original work history in order to verify a reference. I have tried to recover the page but was bumfuzzled by the process. The draft of the material was in my Sandbox probably under a subpage Cheating in bridge (draft) as best as I can determine. I would like to get the Sandbox page I used to cut and paste from together with its edit history. Advice please? - or can some give me a link? Newwhist ( talk) 12:10, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Is it possible to indent text in prose within an article without increasing the amount of space between lines (as using colons causes)? I'm asking because of the poem used at Rusco Tower. In its original publication, some of the lines are indented. I'd like to show it as close to the original typesetting as possible, but can't seem to find a way of doing it - spaces are ignored, colons create an unwanted increase in space between the lines. Any clever thoughts? Thanks GirthSummit (blether) 12:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{
In5}}
? —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
12:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
"3" by e. e. cummings, from Seven Poems
|
---|
3 |
Courtesy link:
Frank Wright (painter)
Hi, I really need your help!
I am clearly a first time contributor to Wikipedia and made mistakes!
I am the copyright holder of Frank Wright (painter). Frank Wright recently died. I am his daughter, the executor of his estate and have power of attorney.
I manage my father's web page,
1 as well as his email.
A former student of my father's Robert Liberace started the Frank Wright (Painter) Wikipedia page without my father's consent and with A LOT of incorrect information.
Recently I added a great deal of text to his Wikipedia page from his paid death notice for the Washington Post, which I wrote.
It was taken down because copyright infringement.
How do I do this right?
ArtofFrankWright (
talk)
15:27, 1 September 2020 (UTC)ArtofFrankWright (Suzanne Wright)
Hello!
I am trying to upload a logo for my companies Wiki, but when I do so, it says I cannot because I am not an administrator. At the bottom of the message it states "request access", but when I click on that, this appears: Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigationJump to search This page does not currently exist. You can search for this page title in other pages or create this page.
My boss is the administrator, but he got kicked out and cannot edit the page any longer.
Here is the link to the page I am trying to upload a photo to: /info/en/?search=Texas_Alliance_of_Energy_Producers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katiemulloy ( talk • contribs) 16:15, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
European countries by forest area is a smaller version of List of countries by forest area. It doesn't really add much over the latter. Maybe it should be merged? Aquatic Ambiance ( talk) 16:17, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
The page currently listed as DJO Global /info/en/?search=DJO_Global has legally changed its name to DJO, LLC. This page needs to be renamed to "DJO". I have updated the page copy but need permission to update the name since the "move" option is not shown. I am logged in as "djo account". Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djo account ( talk • contribs) 16:46, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way to easily convert words in capital letters to lower case within the edit box, i.e. without having to retype everything? If not how would I request such a feature? (The offending page is here).-- Shantavira| feed me 17:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Might seem stupid, but is there a way I can get a bot (ClueBot or Lowercase sigma) to archive my TP using Roman numerals instead of numbers or dates. I have started doing it manually because I didn't see a way but have I missed something? Thanks, Giraffer ( munch) 17:48, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{User:MiszaBot/config | algo=old(90d) | archive=User talk:Giraffer/Archive I | archiveheader={{Archive navigation}} | minthreadsleft=5 | minthreadstoarchive=2 }}
prev
and next
. --
John of Reading (
talk)
06:33, 2 September 2020 (UTC)
Help desk | ||
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< August 31 | << Aug | September | Oct >> | September 2 > |
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. |
I would like to know if a link to a video game's official wiki page (in this case, a link to the Terraria wiki as a citation for the video game Terraria) is considered a reliable source. User:thegayfrenchbullie123 ( talk) 03:41, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
so ummm I’d like to add a micronation to the the micronation list article but it’s protected so how do I bypass it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isaiah1213131415 ( talk • contribs) 21:32, August 31, 2020 (UTC)
{{
edit semi-protected}}
, then make your request, specifying the changes you wish to make and
citing
reliable sources. ~
ONUnicorn(
Talk|
Contribs)
problem solving
19:54, 1 September 2020 (UTC)In your contact page the word organization is misspelled. An when contributors use the word entitled it is being misused. They are using it as the title of a book, tv program, etc. The meaning of entitled is: "believing oneself to be inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment. "kids who feel so entitled and think the world will revolve around them"" Googled this definition, but also found it https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/entitled & https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/entitled
Maybe you could have someone to edit these pages for punctuation and proper word usage. This word was a pet peeve of one of my professors at college and it has become one of my pet peeves. Especially when newcasters and documentaries.
I tagged a page for speedy deletion for a page move, but didn't write it down. It's not showing up in my contributions, so presumably it was removed. I'd like to check if I need to do some cleanup/moving. Clarityfiend ( talk) 04:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm having problems with some references in the List of countries by rail transport network size. I really don't know how to fix it. Any ideas? -- Metalpotato ( talk) 06:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
|refs=
parameter to {{
Notelist}}
. So, for example, the whole first note: {{efn|name=EU-presence|The '''European Union''' ... country on these lists.}}
has to be moved up to where it is being used in the first row of the table, replacing {{efn|name=EU-presence}}
. The same goes for the other six notes, so you have just {{Notelist}}
left at the end. Does this make sense? —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
07:08, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{
Efn}}
and appear below the table from the {{
Notelist}}
(and the Notes section and template should go away). FWIW, I tend to use Efn-ua/Notelist-ua or Efn-ur/Notelist-ur so as not to get confused with the numbers and lower-case letters used by refs. BTW, I reported it at
Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Bug in list-defined references?. It's not clear whether it matched an existing bug or was a new one, and I don't think there's a time frame for resolution, so it probably has to be worked around for now. —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
08:55, 1 September 2020 (UTC)Another case of this, noticed independently: Help talk:Citation Style 1/Archive 69#Help needed with CS1 "no key" error. @ AlanM1:, this appears to be related to T22707. Mathglot ( talk) 00:44, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
Sometimes, my Windows 10 Explorer displays the Wikipedia
favicon for links to Wikipedia. Sometimes the same program instead displays a globe (a blue marble without any additions). Checking the properties (▶ in Explorer, right-click on the icon ▶ select Properties ▶ in the Properties dialog, select the Web Document tab ▶ Click Change Icon...) shows %SystemRoot%\System32\SHELL32.dll
in both cases, and both time the first item in the list is selected – a plain white paper icon. The unadorned blue marble is nowhere in that list – and of course not the Wikipedia favicon. So where does Windows Explorer take the information for both these icons, and why does it change? ◅
Sebastian
10:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
I'm trying to remove the year part from the d mmmm yyyy date rendered by {{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}
. I looked into
Template:Date, and tried {{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}||DMY}}
, but it didn't do the trick. How do I get around this?
{{date|{{date}}|DMY}}
→ 13 July 2024{{date||DMY}}
→ 13 July{{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}|DMY}}
→ 26 July 2022{{date|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}||DMY}}
→ 26 July 2022Best,
Inimesh ( talk) 10:59, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}
→ 26 July 2022{{#time:j F|{{COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal|date}}}}
→ 26 July{{
COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal}}
supposed to have trailing newlines in its output?{{
str crop|31 August 2020|5}}
→ 31 AugustHello. I just finished my bio for Wikipedia but cannot get it to publish live. Am I doing something incorrectly? Is there a wait period? Malcolm MacKinnon ( talk) 11:06, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Hi. While I have learned I should not have done it, I created the article Cheating in bridge on June 1, 2016 by a 'cut and paste' method instead of the proper 'Move' method. I wish to retrieve my original work history in order to verify a reference. I have tried to recover the page but was bumfuzzled by the process. The draft of the material was in my Sandbox probably under a subpage Cheating in bridge (draft) as best as I can determine. I would like to get the Sandbox page I used to cut and paste from together with its edit history. Advice please? - or can some give me a link? Newwhist ( talk) 12:10, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Is it possible to indent text in prose within an article without increasing the amount of space between lines (as using colons causes)? I'm asking because of the poem used at Rusco Tower. In its original publication, some of the lines are indented. I'd like to show it as close to the original typesetting as possible, but can't seem to find a way of doing it - spaces are ignored, colons create an unwanted increase in space between the lines. Any clever thoughts? Thanks GirthSummit (blether) 12:35, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{
In5}}
? —[
AlanM1 (
talk)]—
12:39, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
"3" by e. e. cummings, from Seven Poems
|
---|
3 |
Courtesy link:
Frank Wright (painter)
Hi, I really need your help!
I am clearly a first time contributor to Wikipedia and made mistakes!
I am the copyright holder of Frank Wright (painter). Frank Wright recently died. I am his daughter, the executor of his estate and have power of attorney.
I manage my father's web page,
1 as well as his email.
A former student of my father's Robert Liberace started the Frank Wright (Painter) Wikipedia page without my father's consent and with A LOT of incorrect information.
Recently I added a great deal of text to his Wikipedia page from his paid death notice for the Washington Post, which I wrote.
It was taken down because copyright infringement.
How do I do this right?
ArtofFrankWright (
talk)
15:27, 1 September 2020 (UTC)ArtofFrankWright (Suzanne Wright)
Hello!
I am trying to upload a logo for my companies Wiki, but when I do so, it says I cannot because I am not an administrator. At the bottom of the message it states "request access", but when I click on that, this appears: Administrators' noticeboard/Blocks and protections From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository Jump to navigationJump to search This page does not currently exist. You can search for this page title in other pages or create this page.
My boss is the administrator, but he got kicked out and cannot edit the page any longer.
Here is the link to the page I am trying to upload a photo to: /info/en/?search=Texas_Alliance_of_Energy_Producers — Preceding unsigned comment added by Katiemulloy ( talk • contribs) 16:15, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
European countries by forest area is a smaller version of List of countries by forest area. It doesn't really add much over the latter. Maybe it should be merged? Aquatic Ambiance ( talk) 16:17, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
The page currently listed as DJO Global /info/en/?search=DJO_Global has legally changed its name to DJO, LLC. This page needs to be renamed to "DJO". I have updated the page copy but need permission to update the name since the "move" option is not shown. I am logged in as "djo account". Please advise. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djo account ( talk • contribs) 16:46, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Is there a way to easily convert words in capital letters to lower case within the edit box, i.e. without having to retype everything? If not how would I request such a feature? (The offending page is here).-- Shantavira| feed me 17:04, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
Might seem stupid, but is there a way I can get a bot (ClueBot or Lowercase sigma) to archive my TP using Roman numerals instead of numbers or dates. I have started doing it manually because I didn't see a way but have I missed something? Thanks, Giraffer ( munch) 17:48, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
{{User:MiszaBot/config | algo=old(90d) | archive=User talk:Giraffer/Archive I | archiveheader={{Archive navigation}} | minthreadsleft=5 | minthreadstoarchive=2 }}
prev
and next
. --
John of Reading (
talk)
06:33, 2 September 2020 (UTC)