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Hi - I would like to create a page for Dr Zeremariam Fre and PENHA - Dr Fre has just been awarded the prestigious Desmond Tutu Fellowship award for his lifetime work on environmental care and as founder of the Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA), of which Joanna Lumley is Patron. Could you point me in the right direction for new page creation? thank you Nicole — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolekenton ( talk • contribs) 15:59, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
I came across a case of where the age of a living musician is conflicting. An article from Rolling Stone claims the musician in question ( Adonis) was 19 when he recorded a certain song, however, going by his birth date sourced from Encyclopedia of Popular Music, he would've been around 22-23. Where should I ask for advice on how to handle this conflict? RoseCherry64 ( talk) 19:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Does one of the edit buttons insert a next-level-indent? MBG02 ( talk) 20:47, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new. My question is, if I at some point accidentally choose a source that was a bad choice, how might another user point that out and how could I fix it and find a better source? (Or would they just delete it without saying why?)
If I'm making heavy editing on an article, can I make many edits or is it better to do just 1 or two edits? AGF ( talk) 22:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Agf2: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. While it's personal preference, you should save periodically to make sure the edits are saved, especially if there is heavy editing by other users on the article as well. Rosalina2427 (talk to me) 22:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much. AGF ( talk) 22:40, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, a newbie question here. I have found that local and municipal elections ale considered the same thing on English Wikipedia (municipal redirects to local), yet they seem to be a different things on Wikidata and articles on municipal elections in one language don't consider themselves to be articles on local elections in another (and vice versa). Should they be separate or merged, currently it seems like just a big mess. Thanks for explanation or hints on what to do. Zoted ( talk) 21:47, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
How can Tea House teach me to do better editing on Wikipedia,please elaborate.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyayan2 ( talk • contribs) 19:39, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi everybody. I´ve been editing some pages but this is my first full page in Wikipedia but not sure how can I move it. Can anybody tell me or if somebody wants to take a look and help me post it? It´s a simple article about the novel "Lights on the Sea" that I recently read and, I realized that hasn´t had any page in Wikipedia. My idea is to fill more info about the book and the author but first I want to get sure if it´s enough neutral and figure it out how to move it to Wikipedia.
This is the articles: /info/en/?search=User:Josanva/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josanva ( talk • contribs) 00:44, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I found an article about a company in a non-Anglophone country with some outdated info in the infobox. Looking at the article in the country's native language, their infobox had some more up-to-date details. I could update it, but it seems that it would be difficult to keep up with. However, when I look at the page with the (undocumented) Infobox company/wikidata template (after adding the details to Wikidata), it seems like no information is lost from the current state, plus it would have the benefits of keeping up with Wikidata changes. However, when looking up the policy for this, I found a recent discussion on Wikidata infoboxes, and it seems to be a contentious issue. Additionally, I don't know of any other articles which use this template, so maybe it's not ready for primetime. Is there a policy in place for this? ARR8 ( talk) 02:15, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I've tried to clean up some of the issues at People's Mujahedin of Iran article, but my edits have been continuously reverted by the same three editors despite me quoting from RS. The three editors that keep reverting me work together in many Islamic Republic of Iran-related topics, and one of them was recently blocked for POV-pushing/sockpupetry. I've added a RfC on the article's Talk page, where two users have supported my proposed edits, and one has opposed. Based on this, I'd like to include this info to the article, but the opposing editor will likely revert me again, as he's done in the past. I want to avoid edit-warring. Any advice? Stefka Bulgaria ( talk) 11:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
majority vote≠
clear consensus. See WP:CONSENSUS. It might be that there is indeed consensus, but it is not such an overwhelming one that an involved editor closing it would be appropriate (hence my suggestion to list at ANRFC). You might get away with implementing the changes without formally closing the RfC, but I would not recommend it. Tigraan Click here to contact me 07:26, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
how many edits have I made — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lol dolls ( talk • contribs) 14:20, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
I want to have a quick facts table in my wikipedia article about 10Bet but I dont know how to do it!
I have added a table but it looks wrong!
Thanks Jeremy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremylast77 ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
There is a sound exceptions to the Primary Source Prohibition for current leading edge activity, but there is another area which should also have an exception. Here is a use case: X creates and article on a subject S. X uses a Very Good Secondary Source K for much of the technical information. However, K is a technological journal which pays little if any attention to minor administrative facts. For example, a secondary source K might have been selected because it is an excellent new mathematical algorithm. However, K might have included the author's report of the budget that financed the development of the algorithm of the timing of the development which the author may inadvertently erred about. As a Referee for several technical journals I have very often approved a publication that was scientifically correct without worrying about the accuracy of the dates or the budget amounts as for the purposes of our journal, mathematics, we paid little or not attention to thise minor and "insignificant" details.
So X creates a Wikipedia article there people may seek the article to determine S's historical place in the timeline of mathematics development. K however may have inadvertently been in error as to the minor things like data or funds. This can always occur and I submit that our current rules and policies make it almost impossible to fix this error. A primary document like laboratory notes or Internal Project reports or company budgets which clearly contradicts the error in the secondary source and proves the error, by our rules, may not be used and we must leave the article with the incorrect information.
Therefore I suggest that where there are primary documents that contradict factual material in an article based on secondary sources, that the primary sources be allowed to make a correction, We could have a polity that states both facts and what the evidence is for each. Frankly, it pains me as I have found a few articles that are clearly wrong and I have changed one only to have the change depreciated by an editor who was correctly applying our existing policy-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polymath9636 ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
A primary document like laboratory notes or Internal Project reports or company budgets) probably would be questionable. Interpretation of primary sources requires a non-primary source to verify. So, a plot summary of a book can just cite the book itself, but we'd need a non-primary source to verify that the lab notes, project reports, or company budgets in question are the correct documents, that the portion that is cited in them contradicts other sources, and that the primary documents are the correct ones. In this case, there's also the problem that I'm not sure those documents are actually published (I don't see where IBM's publication contracts with Lewis D. Eigen have been published, if they even have). That could raise some questions as to how exactly Polymath9636 had access to those documents, but even ignoring that there's the problem that I don't see how anyone without connections to IBM or their lawfirms is supposed to be able to verify that information.
please help me get the account back im trying to take down a semi locked page from a hacker writing false information is very dangerous please help. the page is wikepedia.com/DominicanRepublic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kate2020 ( talk • contribs) 05:55, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I moved Gremanu, and all the links to the other language wikis disappeared. Why is this, and can I recover the links without manually searching for them? The Verified Cactus 100% 00:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
There is an edit on my talk page titled "July 2018", User_talk:Rajah#July_2018, from another user warning me that I have created an attack page. I have no idea what they are talking about. They don't say what the page is/was and my contributions list my most recent page creation as having occurred in 2013. So, I'm not sure what they are talking about and I'm kind of annoyed to be falsely accused of doing something that #1 I didn't do and #2 would never do in the first place. Can anyone here please help me understand what is going on? (I realize this is a forum for new users, but I wasn't sure to post as even though I have 1000s of edits over a 14 year span, I never much troubled myself with all the controversies like these. -- Rajah ( talk) 20:33, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
A reminder that you are not required to keep all (or any) posts on your Talk page. David notMD ( talk) 11:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
If a person wants to leave WP, does he have inform some admins? I have been really disappointed as a number of editors here have always tried to discourage me. Knightrises10 ( talk) 13:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I am trying to add the field birth_name to Uri Avnery's infobox. Currently, it uses {{ Infobox member of the Knesset}} which does not have that field. I have a few options.
1. Propose to edit to {{Infobox member of the Knesset}} to include the new field (I don't have template editing abilities) 2. Wrap the template inside another one. I tried this, but it has some styling issue, see enclosed markup and result below, with 'birth_name' being Ostermann Helmut, but there is a duplication of the article name (it says "Tea House" because I posted it here)
Infobox person within Infobox member of the Knesset
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Edit (possible solution) Infobox member of the Knesset within Infobox person
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Shushugah ( talk) 21:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|child=
in {{
Infobox person}}, which, per the documentation, is deprecated. This can't be the right solution. {{
Infobox}} also says it's not generally meant for use in articles. Perhaps someone more expert can tell us both how to do it properly. ›
Mortee
talk
22:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|embed=
. Is there documentation for it somewhere? ›
Mortee
talk
23:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|child=
(equivalent to |embed=
) is deprecated only on {{
Infobox person}} (because it never makes sense for 'person' to be the sub-box) or in general (because any more specific infoboxes could support all the 'person' parameters directly, in principle). ›
Mortee
talk
11:10, 1 September 2018 (UTC)Hi, is there a way to temporarily show line numbers at the side while editing, so I can locate a line where I have been told there is an issue? Difficult to manually try and count down 50 lines. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yororipas ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
hy i want ask something any one can tell me that how much time is required for removal of deletion notify ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdul rehman.malik10 ( talk • contribs) 15:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
What is my sandbox used for? Can you please explain what I should write on my sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CONTRIẞUTIONS ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I have had an entry turned down - please could someone give me a straightforward example of an 'independent reference'
Thank you so much
Best
Angie — Preceding unsigned comment added by AVIGD ( talk • contribs) 10:23, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I am currently editing HMS Terror (I03) but have stumbled across a problem while citing an ebook. The ebook reader doesn't show page numbers but instead displays the fraction of the book you are currently looking at (e.g. you are reading 485.7/835 on screen while the paperback book has only 256 pages). Is there a prefered/recommended way for representing page numbers in this situation? In the interim I have opted to quote the chapter/section number (e.g. <ref>Buxton 2008 Chapter 8.3</ref>). From Hill To Shore ( talk) 09:34, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Notes
i want to create this. Sofiagrama6 ( talk) 20:46, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Where can I find a list of the most complex templates or wiki markup used in English wikipedia? Granted, a good template is ideally simple, otherwise almost no one could edit it without breaking stuff :P Shushugah ( talk) 01:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I want to cite the same reference several times in a wiki page, but each time I cite it gets a new serial number, like it is [1] the first time I cite (because it is the first citation of the page) but when I cite the second time it is [4] (because it is the fourth among all citations). I just want them to have the same citation serial number but I don't know how. I am grateful for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 08:34, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Oh it is there. Thank you so much and I apologize for not reading through the guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 08:57, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Appreciate your advice. Feel the impulse to try out different ways! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 01:33, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
heyy guys,
im doing a movie and added my name in casting of a movie, varma. this is my first movie and hence there is no talk about me in google. one of the editors just keeps editing and deleting my name off and in spite of me telling him that he can counter check with the directors office and that im doing the movie, hes trying to make my life difficult. what is the procedure in stopping that editor in creating a nuisance? the editor is Kailash29792.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rraj6 ( talk • contribs) 01:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
trying to make [your] life difficult(please assume good faith of other editors), but quite appropriately challenging unsourced information. If you can provide a published source (it needs not be online) crediting you with that role, that will allow your text to stick.
i want to add new articles to wikipedia but dont know how. all i get is article wizard and drafts. help please????-- Sofiagrama6 ( talk) 23:42, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I have a condition that won't allow me to participate in certain programs. It's my memory, its too full. My cup runneth over. Brain traumatized. My healing is on its way.Thanks.
Sincerely,Christine Leticia Layson (DeHart) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Believe7428 ( talk • contribs) 01:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm having an edit conflict bordering on an edit war (not yet at 3RR) with a user regarding something on list of fictional countries. How do I approach this situation? Do I take this to their talk page? The article's talk page? A page reserved for resolving edit wars? The Verified Cactus 100% 20:43, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
When I tried to create an account with the user name CONTRIꓐUTIONS, I recieved the following message: "The username "CONTRIꓐUTIONS" is not allowed to prevent confusing or spoofed usernames: Contains unassigned character "ꓐ" (U+A4D0). Please choose another username." This message is misleading. First of all, Unicode character U+AD40 is not a reserved code point, and the message says that U+AD40 is a reserved code point. Can you please explain the message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CONTRIẞUTIONS ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
How can I ask for this articles, Schenecker double homicide good article assessment be reviewed? Please share your thoughts as I would like to have the assessment to be lowered to a C-cLass article. Any tips from fellow editors that have experienced this type of request would be appreciated. Thank you, Vwanweb ( talk) 02:45, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
i am unable to figure out how and when will the page, created by me, become public. i have been clicking on publish changes, but the page is yet to become public and come up in search engines— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aasthars ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
to the top of it (see
WP:Articles for creation). However it will not be accepted unless you add sources.
Theroadislong (
talk)
19:21, 3 September 2018 (UTC)How do I get to read info for WP:CXT? ) Extended conformed editor on english? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allthingsgo ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello
If there is a point in the future when nearly all Wikipedia articles are featured, what happens then?
Rebestalic ( talk) 04:24, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 820 | ← | Archive 823 | Archive 824 | Archive 825 | Archive 826 | Archive 827 | → | Archive 830 |
Hi - I would like to create a page for Dr Zeremariam Fre and PENHA - Dr Fre has just been awarded the prestigious Desmond Tutu Fellowship award for his lifetime work on environmental care and as founder of the Pastoral and Environmental Network in the Horn of Africa (PENHA), of which Joanna Lumley is Patron. Could you point me in the right direction for new page creation? thank you Nicole — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicolekenton ( talk • contribs) 15:59, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
I came across a case of where the age of a living musician is conflicting. An article from Rolling Stone claims the musician in question ( Adonis) was 19 when he recorded a certain song, however, going by his birth date sourced from Encyclopedia of Popular Music, he would've been around 22-23. Where should I ask for advice on how to handle this conflict? RoseCherry64 ( talk) 19:56, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Does one of the edit buttons insert a next-level-indent? MBG02 ( talk) 20:47, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I'm new. My question is, if I at some point accidentally choose a source that was a bad choice, how might another user point that out and how could I fix it and find a better source? (Or would they just delete it without saying why?)
If I'm making heavy editing on an article, can I make many edits or is it better to do just 1 or two edits? AGF ( talk) 22:30, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
@ Agf2: Hello and welcome to the Teahouse. While it's personal preference, you should save periodically to make sure the edits are saved, especially if there is heavy editing by other users on the article as well. Rosalina2427 (talk to me) 22:33, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Thank you very much. AGF ( talk) 22:40, 29 August 2018 (UTC)
Hi, a newbie question here. I have found that local and municipal elections ale considered the same thing on English Wikipedia (municipal redirects to local), yet they seem to be a different things on Wikidata and articles on municipal elections in one language don't consider themselves to be articles on local elections in another (and vice versa). Should they be separate or merged, currently it seems like just a big mess. Thanks for explanation or hints on what to do. Zoted ( talk) 21:47, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
How can Tea House teach me to do better editing on Wikipedia,please elaborate.
Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jyayan2 ( talk • contribs) 19:39, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi everybody. I´ve been editing some pages but this is my first full page in Wikipedia but not sure how can I move it. Can anybody tell me or if somebody wants to take a look and help me post it? It´s a simple article about the novel "Lights on the Sea" that I recently read and, I realized that hasn´t had any page in Wikipedia. My idea is to fill more info about the book and the author but first I want to get sure if it´s enough neutral and figure it out how to move it to Wikipedia.
This is the articles: /info/en/?search=User:Josanva/sandbox — Preceding unsigned comment added by Josanva ( talk • contribs) 00:44, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi, I found an article about a company in a non-Anglophone country with some outdated info in the infobox. Looking at the article in the country's native language, their infobox had some more up-to-date details. I could update it, but it seems that it would be difficult to keep up with. However, when I look at the page with the (undocumented) Infobox company/wikidata template (after adding the details to Wikidata), it seems like no information is lost from the current state, plus it would have the benefits of keeping up with Wikidata changes. However, when looking up the policy for this, I found a recent discussion on Wikidata infoboxes, and it seems to be a contentious issue. Additionally, I don't know of any other articles which use this template, so maybe it's not ready for primetime. Is there a policy in place for this? ARR8 ( talk) 02:15, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I've tried to clean up some of the issues at People's Mujahedin of Iran article, but my edits have been continuously reverted by the same three editors despite me quoting from RS. The three editors that keep reverting me work together in many Islamic Republic of Iran-related topics, and one of them was recently blocked for POV-pushing/sockpupetry. I've added a RfC on the article's Talk page, where two users have supported my proposed edits, and one has opposed. Based on this, I'd like to include this info to the article, but the opposing editor will likely revert me again, as he's done in the past. I want to avoid edit-warring. Any advice? Stefka Bulgaria ( talk) 11:22, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
majority vote≠
clear consensus. See WP:CONSENSUS. It might be that there is indeed consensus, but it is not such an overwhelming one that an involved editor closing it would be appropriate (hence my suggestion to list at ANRFC). You might get away with implementing the changes without formally closing the RfC, but I would not recommend it. Tigraan Click here to contact me 07:26, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
how many edits have I made — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lol dolls ( talk • contribs) 14:20, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi,
I want to have a quick facts table in my wikipedia article about 10Bet but I dont know how to do it!
I have added a table but it looks wrong!
Thanks Jeremy — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeremylast77 ( talk • contribs) 07:24, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
There is a sound exceptions to the Primary Source Prohibition for current leading edge activity, but there is another area which should also have an exception. Here is a use case: X creates and article on a subject S. X uses a Very Good Secondary Source K for much of the technical information. However, K is a technological journal which pays little if any attention to minor administrative facts. For example, a secondary source K might have been selected because it is an excellent new mathematical algorithm. However, K might have included the author's report of the budget that financed the development of the algorithm of the timing of the development which the author may inadvertently erred about. As a Referee for several technical journals I have very often approved a publication that was scientifically correct without worrying about the accuracy of the dates or the budget amounts as for the purposes of our journal, mathematics, we paid little or not attention to thise minor and "insignificant" details.
So X creates a Wikipedia article there people may seek the article to determine S's historical place in the timeline of mathematics development. K however may have inadvertently been in error as to the minor things like data or funds. This can always occur and I submit that our current rules and policies make it almost impossible to fix this error. A primary document like laboratory notes or Internal Project reports or company budgets which clearly contradicts the error in the secondary source and proves the error, by our rules, may not be used and we must leave the article with the incorrect information.
Therefore I suggest that where there are primary documents that contradict factual material in an article based on secondary sources, that the primary sources be allowed to make a correction, We could have a polity that states both facts and what the evidence is for each. Frankly, it pains me as I have found a few articles that are clearly wrong and I have changed one only to have the change depreciated by an editor who was correctly applying our existing policy-- — Preceding unsigned comment added by Polymath9636 ( talk • contribs) 19:48, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
A primary document like laboratory notes or Internal Project reports or company budgets) probably would be questionable. Interpretation of primary sources requires a non-primary source to verify. So, a plot summary of a book can just cite the book itself, but we'd need a non-primary source to verify that the lab notes, project reports, or company budgets in question are the correct documents, that the portion that is cited in them contradicts other sources, and that the primary documents are the correct ones. In this case, there's also the problem that I'm not sure those documents are actually published (I don't see where IBM's publication contracts with Lewis D. Eigen have been published, if they even have). That could raise some questions as to how exactly Polymath9636 had access to those documents, but even ignoring that there's the problem that I don't see how anyone without connections to IBM or their lawfirms is supposed to be able to verify that information.
please help me get the account back im trying to take down a semi locked page from a hacker writing false information is very dangerous please help. the page is wikepedia.com/DominicanRepublic — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kate2020 ( talk • contribs) 05:55, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I moved Gremanu, and all the links to the other language wikis disappeared. Why is this, and can I recover the links without manually searching for them? The Verified Cactus 100% 00:31, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
There is an edit on my talk page titled "July 2018", User_talk:Rajah#July_2018, from another user warning me that I have created an attack page. I have no idea what they are talking about. They don't say what the page is/was and my contributions list my most recent page creation as having occurred in 2013. So, I'm not sure what they are talking about and I'm kind of annoyed to be falsely accused of doing something that #1 I didn't do and #2 would never do in the first place. Can anyone here please help me understand what is going on? (I realize this is a forum for new users, but I wasn't sure to post as even though I have 1000s of edits over a 14 year span, I never much troubled myself with all the controversies like these. -- Rajah ( talk) 20:33, 1 September 2018 (UTC)
A reminder that you are not required to keep all (or any) posts on your Talk page. David notMD ( talk) 11:25, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
If a person wants to leave WP, does he have inform some admins? I have been really disappointed as a number of editors here have always tried to discourage me. Knightrises10 ( talk) 13:53, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I am trying to add the field birth_name to Uri Avnery's infobox. Currently, it uses {{ Infobox member of the Knesset}} which does not have that field. I have a few options.
1. Propose to edit to {{Infobox member of the Knesset}} to include the new field (I don't have template editing abilities) 2. Wrap the template inside another one. I tried this, but it has some styling issue, see enclosed markup and result below, with 'birth_name' being Ostermann Helmut, but there is a duplication of the article name (it says "Tea House" because I posted it here)
Infobox person within Infobox member of the Knesset
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Edit (possible solution) Infobox member of the Knesset within Infobox person
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Shushugah ( talk) 21:04, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|child=
in {{
Infobox person}}, which, per the documentation, is deprecated. This can't be the right solution. {{
Infobox}} also says it's not generally meant for use in articles. Perhaps someone more expert can tell us both how to do it properly. ›
Mortee
talk
22:12, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|embed=
. Is there documentation for it somewhere? ›
Mortee
talk
23:16, 31 August 2018 (UTC)
|child=
(equivalent to |embed=
) is deprecated only on {{
Infobox person}} (because it never makes sense for 'person' to be the sub-box) or in general (because any more specific infoboxes could support all the 'person' parameters directly, in principle). ›
Mortee
talk
11:10, 1 September 2018 (UTC)Hi, is there a way to temporarily show line numbers at the side while editing, so I can locate a line where I have been told there is an issue? Difficult to manually try and count down 50 lines. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yororipas ( talk • contribs) 14:21, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
hy i want ask something any one can tell me that how much time is required for removal of deletion notify ??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abdul rehman.malik10 ( talk • contribs) 15:05, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
What is my sandbox used for? Can you please explain what I should write on my sandbox? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CONTRIẞUTIONS ( talk • contribs) 19:47, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello everyone,
I have had an entry turned down - please could someone give me a straightforward example of an 'independent reference'
Thank you so much
Best
Angie — Preceding unsigned comment added by AVIGD ( talk • contribs) 10:23, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hi. I am currently editing HMS Terror (I03) but have stumbled across a problem while citing an ebook. The ebook reader doesn't show page numbers but instead displays the fraction of the book you are currently looking at (e.g. you are reading 485.7/835 on screen while the paperback book has only 256 pages). Is there a prefered/recommended way for representing page numbers in this situation? In the interim I have opted to quote the chapter/section number (e.g. <ref>Buxton 2008 Chapter 8.3</ref>). From Hill To Shore ( talk) 09:34, 2 September 2018 (UTC)
Notes
i want to create this. Sofiagrama6 ( talk) 20:46, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Where can I find a list of the most complex templates or wiki markup used in English wikipedia? Granted, a good template is ideally simple, otherwise almost no one could edit it without breaking stuff :P Shushugah ( talk) 01:49, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I want to cite the same reference several times in a wiki page, but each time I cite it gets a new serial number, like it is [1] the first time I cite (because it is the first citation of the page) but when I cite the second time it is [4] (because it is the fourth among all citations). I just want them to have the same citation serial number but I don't know how. I am grateful for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 08:34, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Oh it is there. Thank you so much and I apologize for not reading through the guidance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 08:57, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Appreciate your advice. Feel the impulse to try out different ways! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zc110320 ( talk • contribs) 01:33, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
heyy guys,
im doing a movie and added my name in casting of a movie, varma. this is my first movie and hence there is no talk about me in google. one of the editors just keeps editing and deleting my name off and in spite of me telling him that he can counter check with the directors office and that im doing the movie, hes trying to make my life difficult. what is the procedure in stopping that editor in creating a nuisance? the editor is Kailash29792.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rraj6 ( talk • contribs) 01:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
trying to make [your] life difficult(please assume good faith of other editors), but quite appropriately challenging unsourced information. If you can provide a published source (it needs not be online) crediting you with that role, that will allow your text to stick.
i want to add new articles to wikipedia but dont know how. all i get is article wizard and drafts. help please????-- Sofiagrama6 ( talk) 23:42, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I have a condition that won't allow me to participate in certain programs. It's my memory, its too full. My cup runneth over. Brain traumatized. My healing is on its way.Thanks.
Sincerely,Christine Leticia Layson (DeHart) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Believe7428 ( talk • contribs) 01:13, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
I'm having an edit conflict bordering on an edit war (not yet at 3RR) with a user regarding something on list of fictional countries. How do I approach this situation? Do I take this to their talk page? The article's talk page? A page reserved for resolving edit wars? The Verified Cactus 100% 20:43, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
When I tried to create an account with the user name CONTRIꓐUTIONS, I recieved the following message: "The username "CONTRIꓐUTIONS" is not allowed to prevent confusing or spoofed usernames: Contains unassigned character "ꓐ" (U+A4D0). Please choose another username." This message is misleading. First of all, Unicode character U+AD40 is not a reserved code point, and the message says that U+AD40 is a reserved code point. Can you please explain the message? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CONTRIẞUTIONS ( talk • contribs) 17:16, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello,
How can I ask for this articles, Schenecker double homicide good article assessment be reviewed? Please share your thoughts as I would like to have the assessment to be lowered to a C-cLass article. Any tips from fellow editors that have experienced this type of request would be appreciated. Thank you, Vwanweb ( talk) 02:45, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
i am unable to figure out how and when will the page, created by me, become public. i have been clicking on publish changes, but the page is yet to become public and come up in search engines— Preceding unsigned comment added by Aasthars ( talk • contribs) 03:13, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
{{subst:submit}}
to the top of it (see
WP:Articles for creation). However it will not be accepted unless you add sources.
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19:21, 3 September 2018 (UTC)How do I get to read info for WP:CXT? ) Extended conformed editor on english? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Allthingsgo ( talk • contribs) 12:09, 3 September 2018 (UTC)
Hello
If there is a point in the future when nearly all Wikipedia articles are featured, what happens then?
Rebestalic ( talk) 04:24, 4 September 2018 (UTC)