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February 22

Should I create a separate list article or a collapsed table instead?

Hi. I am about to include a table of administrative divisions of the province of Ilocos Sur containing data figures such as population counts, area and other useful information. But I do not know if I should:

• Create a separate list article instead (because the province has 32 towns and 2 cities, and including it in the existing Ilocos Sur article would make it too long).

• Include the long table in the Ilocos Sur article by using a collapsible table (which is collapsed by default). The collapsed table would not 'interfere' with other entries in the Ilocos Sur page unless the [show] button is clicked.

Any advice please on what I should do? Sanglahi86 (talk) 01:37, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Wfw43 (talk • contribs)

appears to be about List of University of Tennessee people -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 04:03, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Complex table syntax question

I'm at my wits end trying to unravel the complex table syntax for an ongoing project. I need help. Basically, I want to create a collapsible, non-sortable table with alternating background colors in each row to better ease readability without having to resort to using borders. I have all the table info in my sandbox, but I need help with the syntax problems I mentioned. Please help. -- Veggies (talk) 03:42, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

View the history. I did some cleanup with detailed edit summaries, then added some alternating rows and collapse. I did one with the table expanded by default and one collapsed: make your choice. --  Gadget850 ^talk 10:32, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I was wondering if there was a CSS solution involving "nth-child" parameters or something to make tables simple without having to go row by row. I would like to make some rather long tables in the future and it would be easy to be able to code them as I would if making a webpage. -- Veggies (talk) 16:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Just a thought – the whole table could be clearer, and slightly smaller, if you had just one "time" column, with all the times in it. Maproom (talk) 10:50, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

I agree and I'm still split on whether to do that or leave it as close to the original format as possible. I may change it up in the future before I put it in articlespace. -- Veggies (talk) 16:08, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Need your help

I lost the password to my account, joey13952, and i don't have an e-mail address set for it. What do i do now? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.7.159.45 (talk) 04:55, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Post up at the Administrator's Noticeboard, they may be able to help you with this matter. No guarantees but it's worth a shot. RegistryKey^(RegEdit) 05:33, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

I think you will have to start again with a different account name. Help:Logging in#What if I forget the password? mentions one or two special cases where recovery may be possible, but I don't think they apply to you. -- John of Reading (talk) 08:31, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

You do have it in Finnish

I was wrong. you do have it in Finnish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.234.180.101 (talk) 12:25, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't know what you refer to but it sounds like there is no problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:32, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Shorten the diffs, and redirect HTTPS to HTTP

1. I want to shorten diff links. For example can I convert them to a shorter version or a wikilink? Here's an example. How can I shorten it?
2. I don't want to use HTTPS version of Wikipedia when I use my account. Is there anyway to force HTTP instead of HTTPS? Browser add-on OR script? --Zyma (talk) 13:09, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

1. See Help:Permanent link and the {{Diff}} template.
2. Go to your preferences and uncheck "Always use a secure connection when logged in". -- [[User:Edokter]] {{talk}} 13:41, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks a lot, really helpful. --Zyma (talk) 13:48, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

The Greater Britain Movement.

The arson attacks on synagogues in 1966 were perpetuated by members of Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement, not by members of John Tyndall's Greater Britain Movement as stated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.116.26 (talk) 14:45, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

This should go on the relevant article talk page. Help Desk is for people to ask questions about how to edit Wikipedia when they run into trouble. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 3 Adar 5775 14:54, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Which article is this? RJFJR (talk) 15:03, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Greater Britain Movement vs. National Socialist Movement (UK, 1962) and the reference for the people being arrested for the attacks is referenced from a book. I'm unsure whether the Original Poster means that the information is incorrect in that the people arrested are actually from the NSM rather than GBM *or* if he is indicating that the police incorrectly arrested members of the GBM when they should have arrested NSM members. From the two articles, GBM was apparently formed from a subgroup of the NSM which was a Splinter group of the British National Party. (BNP formed in 1960, NSM formed in 1962, GBM in 1964 and the attacks in 1966). Maybe WP:POLITICSUK as the right place to try to get a better feeling for it?Naraht (talk) 16:18, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

Stats for Prolonged grief disorder

• [1]

It looks like the stats for visits to the Prolonged Grief Disorder website are not working properly. How can this be fixed? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.139.0.36 (talk) 21:47, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

I think the stats for all articles are currently not working. The stats are not provided by Wikipedia, but from a server in Sweden, which is sometimes unavailable. Maproom (talk) 22:33, 22 February 2015 (UTC)

February 23

Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District

Hi there. I made some edits to Farish Street Neighborhood Historic District and now there's a red-link category called "Historic districts in USA Mississippi" at the bottom of the article. I'm stumped as to how it got there. Thanks! Magnolia677 (talk) 00:14, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Magnolia677, fixed. I had the same problem with some of the NRHP articles in D.C. It was the "locmapin" field in the infobox. APK whisper in my ear 00:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Infobox school, secondary school

Hi, good day! I would like to know if Infobox secondary school is acceptable to use. I can only find reference material for Infobox school, and none for secondary school. I am trying to review the infobox on Holy Spirit School of Tagbilaran and Bohol Wisdom School, and they both used Infobox secondary school. Thank you! -- MG (talk) 02:24, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

There's currently a tag on Template:Infobox secondary school indicating that it's being merged into Template:Infobox school, so you should use the latter. —Cryptic 02:36, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

...though, now that I look at it a bit closer, that merge tag's been on the first template for over a year now. Ugh. —Cryptic 02:39, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you User:Cryptic, for that information! I should edit the infoboxes on those pages sometime. — MG (talk) 06:23, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Incorrect House Opening Times

Please note that the house is open for visits on may days per year, either by private arrangement (term time) or on 9 Open House and Garden Days during April-October. The gardens only are open every Weds and Thurs afternoon 2-5pm, April-October. Please see website for details - www.holfordtrust.com.

Heritage Officer Holfords of Westonbirt Trust — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.33.130.197 (talk) 09:01, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

I guess "may days" should have said "many days" and is not about the month of May. We have millions of articles. The post must be about the second paragraph in Westonbirt House which is different from the 2015 opening days in http://www.holfordtrust.com/HolfordTrust%202015.pdf. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:30, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia articles normally don't go into details about opening days & times, admission charges and so on, as "Wikipedia is not a travel guide". We cannot expect such information to always be kept bang up to date in the articles. I've edited Westonbirt House to remove any specifics about opening dates, and at the same time added an external link to the Holford Trust home page, so that any interested reader can easily find what should be the right information: Noyster (talk), 13:35, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Download file as PDF

Dear Sir,

Please kindly be informed that while trying to download PDF file of Madoff investment scandal the below message appears:

Generation of the document file has failed.

Status: Rendering process died with non zero code: 1

Return to Madoff investment scandal

Please look into the matter.

Yours Ahmad — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.241.39.66 (talk) 13:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

I've also raised this at WP:PUMPTECH - X201 (talk)

This is a known bug. You can follow its progress here. - X201 (talk) 22:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Help: Incorrect Unit (9th) was not aboard the USNS CORE when it docked in Saigon on Dec. 11, 1961.

This is to correct the name of one of the Helicopter Units that was docked in Saigon Dec. 11, 1961. The united shown (9th) should be corrected to the 8th Transport Company. I was attached to the 8th Transport Company on that date. Please make that correction. Thanks you, Jerry K. Coldren South Coffeyville, OK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.207.174 (talk) 17:11, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Sadly your personal remiscences are not acceptable as a Wikipedia reliable source; they count as original research. The previous information was referenced to a published source, so you'll need to convince us that the source referenced did not say what the article says, and/or provide us with another reliable published source to confirm your memories. Also your change was malformatted, but I have reverted it. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:20, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Creating offline/personal Wiki-style documents

I want to create personal documents similar to Wiki articles (for my own personal usage). Offline HTML (or any other format) files similar to Wiki style and formatting. A personal wiki. Can Zim do this for me? What do you suggest? --Zyma (talk) 17:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Have you looked at our Personal wiki page? --Guy Macon (talk) 19:02, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

No, I'll check it. Thanks. --Zyma (talk) 12:13, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Oil Base Stain

I wish to order the Lasure Bleue oil base stain from you. But cannot figure out how. Will you please help me do so? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robertrockey (talk • contribs) 18:51, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Hi @Robertrockey: You are currently on Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. We write about all sorts of subjects, including companies, but that's about it - we are in no way affiliated with the companies or items we write about. If you'd like to get in touch with a company, you'll have to contact them, not Wikipedia. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 18:58, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

how to add geocoordinate data

Hi,

I have "lat = 45.8104911" and "long = 13.4287543 for a river in Italy but I don't know how to translate it into a template. Are there directions somewhere? Thanks, EChastain (talk) 19:27, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@EChastain: You have edited Torre (river). The source says {{Infobox River|...}}. That means it uses Template:Infobox River which has documentation for coordinates. Does that help? PrimeHunter (talk) 21:26, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

I tried to add my geocoordinate info there, but kept getting error messages. So I'm not doing it right. EChastain (talk) 21:32, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

I have added adjusted coordinates.[2] Your number of decimals implied 1 cm accuracy which is meaningless for a river, and I'm not sure exactly where the mouth of a river is considered to be but you seemed hundreds of meters off. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:13, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

wrong person

This below was sent to me and I babe never repeat never done anything post or otherwise on this site, yet this was sent to me as a message.

User talk:66.87.65.196

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April 2012[edit]

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone is welcome to make constructive contributions to Wikipedia, but at least one of your recent edits, such as the one you made to Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles, did not appear to be constructive and has been automatically reverted (undone) by anautomated computer program called ClueBot NG.

Please use the sandbox for any test edits you would like to make, and take a look at thewelcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Note that human editors do monitor recent changes to Wikipedia articles, and administrators have the ability to blockusers from editing if they repeatedly engage invandalismClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made should not have been considered as unconstructive, please read about it, report it here, remove this warning from your talk page, and then make the edit again.If you need help, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to place "{{helpme}}" on your talk page and someone will drop by to help.The following is the log entry regarding this warning: Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles waschanged by 66.87.65.196 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.950594 on 2012-04-28T23:23:42+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 23:23, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

 Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia, as you did at Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles with this edit. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted or removed. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Thank you. Tiderolls 23:27, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

February 2015[edit]

 Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did atFerguson Police Department (Missouri), you may be blocked from editing. The Dissident Aggressor19:58, 6 February 2015 (UTC)

If this is a shared IP address, and you did not make the edits, consider creating an account for yourself so you can avoid further irrelevant notices.

This is the discussion page for an IP user, identified by the user's IP address. Some IP addresses change periodically, and may be shared by several users. If you are an IP user, you may create an account or log into avoid future confusion with other IP users. Registering also hides your IP address. 

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In your question above I have highlighted in bold the relevant section, which you may not have read? --David Biddulph (talk) 20:46, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

farhat hashmi

the picture for dr frhat hashmi is invalid. dr farhat hashmi wears the face veil so if you could immedietly remove the thumbnail picture that appears when you google farhat hashmi.

thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.62.65 (talk) 20:31, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Her article has no image to speak of unless you're talking about a result on Google Images specifically. Wikipedia has no control over Google. Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie | ^{Say Shalom!} 4 Adar 5775 20:38, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:55, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit summary

I was trying to add an external link to an edit summary using the [] brackets, but it does not seem to work. Sam.gov (talk) 20:45, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@Sam.gov: It's not possible to make external links in edit summaries. You can only make wikilinks. Just post the url as plain text if you want others to be able to copy-paste it to the browser address bar. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:58, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Ok, thanks. I would like to suggest that though. Sam.gov (talk) 21:00, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

If working external links could be used in edit summaries, spammers and vandals would be quick to take advantage of the opportunity; and unlike undesirable external links in articles, it would take an admin to remove them. Things are better as they are. Deor (talk) 22:48, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Alert at top of page about EYES WIDE OPEN: GOING BEHIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES

Wikipedia page in question:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Wide_Open:_Going_Behind_the_Environmental_Headlines

I understand the issue of subjects writing about themselves or their works on Wikipedia. In my case, as the author of the book EYES wIDE OPEN: GOING BEHIND THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEADLINES, I feel I've complied with your guidelines and earned the removal of the flag at the top of the page. Specifically:

All the information I contributed is referenced; it comes from respected and checkable sources, not simply out of my own head.

While many pages about books are the sole work of the author--and feature no references at all--quite a few people have contributed to this page at this point, a trend that will continue as the book gets read, further diluting my own input.

I've taken part in no deletion discussions.

I complied with your wish for more links to Wikipedia articles. The one you apparently object to--the link to the biographical page about me--seems natural to be included.

Criticism of the book was mentioned rather than hidden.

Given the above, can the alert be taken down?

Paultfleischman (talk) 21:44, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

@Paultfleischman: I've removed the tag (and the unsourced criticism). The last two sentences could use sources. --NeilN ^{talk to me} 21:54, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

A change in credits for the Television Show SCORPION

I made a mistake when writing the storyline. Is there a way you can change the SCORPION episode "True Colors" to reflect the following? > > It should be: > Written By: Rob Pearlstein > Directed By: Jeff Hunt — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.228.217.107 (talk) 22:03, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

Changed as requested, thanks for pointing this out. Also added a disambiguation entry for "True Colors". GermanJoe (talk) 22:32, 23 February 2015 (UTC)

February 24

creating or transferring figures for an article

I would like to transfer or copy figures from Excel. Is that possible. If not, how do I create such figures for an article. Hikenstuff (talk) 00:04, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

information about table formatting is WP:MOSTABLE and Help:Table. You can jigger something approaching appropriate markup by inserting columns into your spreadsheet and copying a column of || or |-. Note that any content from your speadsheet must meet the general content requirements such as WP:V and WP:OR -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 01:08, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

You could try this utility: Noyster (talk), 08:54, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I don't understand. Are you saying that I copy the Excel spreadsheet, not the figure it created??Hikenstuff (talk) 16:21, 24 February 2015 (UTC) Hikenstuff (talk) 16:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC) Why can I not just copy a plot of y vs x from Excel and paste it into the sandbox?Hikenstuff (talk) 19:58, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Finding original page location in Redirects vs. Deletions

I cannot find the original page that was titled: Ivan J. Parron

This title has been redirected to the page titled: Ritmoteca.com

I am assuming that I cannot find the original page as a result of a redirect instead of a deletion (since I cannot find any deletion log) making the original page unviewable, although not necessarily deleted. How can I find the location of the original page? MiamiPrivate (talk) 00:06, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The original page is here. The way to get there that I took was to put Ivan J. Parron into the search box and go to that article. It, as you know, redirects to Ritmoteca.com. But at the top of the page, in small type, just under the title you can see where it says "Redirected from...". If you click on that, it will take you to the redirect page. Once there, click on View History and go to the earliest entry. Dismas|^(talk) 00:16, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The archived deletion discussion is here. --Guy Macon (talk) 01:01, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

William Witrock

My name is William Witrock. I have tried to reach you people for weeks without success. Whoever designed your system to actually reach the volunteer editors at Wikipedia surely was driven to make it the most complex, difficult process possible.

I worked in the Adult Entertainment Industry for 20 years from 1985 through 2005. I was never a performer, but rather a skilled producer/director. Since I never allowed any photos of me or appeared on camera, I have been largely dismissed. That is not really a problem for me. But Wikipedia is the one place where people like myself should have some kind of recognition.

For the record, I produced and created, with my partner at the time, John T. Bone, "THE WORLD'S BIGGEST GANG BANG", which is in fact the largest grossing Adult film in history. In addition, I discovered it's famous star, Annabel Chong (Grace Queck). Then I went on to create and shoot maybe the best Amateur/ProAm series ever, REAL SEX MAGAZINE. 63 editions, 250 scenes. Many first time girls, like Tera Patrick (Linda Hopkins) got their start with me. Beyond that, I also produced the cult R rated film, 1997s DARK SECRETS with Julie Strange.

I won the XRCO award for best Amateur/ProAm series in 1998 1nd 1999. The fact that I have been completely ignored by Wikipedia is a huge error. Just Google "William Witrock Real Sex Magazine" Contact me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwitrock (talk • contribs) 01:36, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Bwitrock. You've found the right place - sorry it took you a while. As you know, Wikipedia is edited by thousands of volunteers. There is no "editorial board" which decides what topics will be covered: it's down to whether somebody happens to decide to write an article. But Wikipedia is not about "recognition": it is an encyclopaedia, not a professional directory or advertising medium (I'm aware that some people treat it so, but that is their problem, not ours). The criterion for an article to be allowed in Wikipedia is whether reliable sources unconnected with the subject have written about the subject. Are there substantial articles about you, published in reliable sources, unconnected with you? If so, there can be an article. Generally you are discouraged from writing it yourself, because of your conflict of interest. You could post a request at requested articles, but there is quite a backlog - the more solid sources you link to, the easier it would be for somebody to pick up the request. Another approach might be to enlist the help of interested people at WikiProject Pornography. --ColinFine (talk) 11:13, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

wrong picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichromorpha_viridis

The picture associated with Dichromorpha viridis is really a specimen of Chorthophaga viridifasciata https://www.flickr.com/photos/38730918@N05/3969008479/

See images of D. viridis on http://www.americaninsects.net/o/dichromorpha-viridis.html male and http://greglasley.com/nonBirds/shortwingedgreen.html female to verify the mistake.

I don't know how to edit pictures. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Orchelimum (talk • contribs) 02:00, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

It's not my field. The photo at commons:File:Short-winged Green Grasshopper.jpg was uploaded in 2010 by User:Dger with a file description saying "Short-winged Green Grasshopper (Dichromorpha viridis)". He is still active and will get a notification so maybe he will comment. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:19, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I agree. I will remove and retitle the image from the article. Thanks for noticing. Dger (talk) 18:55, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input in Dr. Strangelove

I wish to change the incorrect pronoun "his" to the correct "her" in entry for Stanley Kubrick. My source is me as I wrote the letter being referenced. I cannot figure out how to do this.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by LeGrace Benson (talk • contribs)

Done Hello @LeGrace Benson: I have moved most of your post out of the header to improve readability, hope you don't mind the formatting. In the article, I removed the broken reference tags and simply changed to "the interpretation" to avoid any future confusion. Thank you for pointing out this error. GermanJoe (talk) 03:40, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I wonder if the earlier "his" in the same paragraph also needs changing? Maproom (talk) 08:02, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Agree and rephrased this one too, thanks. The grammar of the second phrase was a bit ambiguous (for a German). GermanJoe (talk) 08:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Help Adding an Article

Hello. I just joined Wikipedia, although I've used it for years for research.

The reason I joined is to add an article about my wife, Abigail Miller, who is a Christian music singer and songwriter. When I searched Wikipedia for her name there is no direct article about anyone named "Abigail Miller." There is a redirect for that name, however, that takes the user to an article about the 2005 film "Elektra": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elektra_(2005_film) Apparently, there was a character in that movie named "Abby Miller." If you word search the Elektra Wiki page there is no reference to the name "Abigail" or "Abby" Miller found in the content.

I would like to create a Wikipedia page for my wife and her music. I'd like to use the URL https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail_Miller. Is it possible to remove the redirect for that URL to Elektra and allow me to use it for my wife's page? Thanks for your help.

Paul Miller www.abigailmiller.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ampm12 (talk • contribs) 13:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Hello, Paul. You are discouraged from writing an article about your wife, for reasons explained in An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing and Conflict of interest; but if you wish to go ahead anyway, please read Your first article, and use the Article wizard to create it in a draft space where you can work on it. When you eventually submit it for review, the reviewer who accepts it will move it to a suitable name, and sort out the redirection and disambiguation. --ColinFine (talk) 15:02, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

copying or transferring images or figures from Excel

I have done a little editing in the past and have recently reviewed the tutorial again. I would like to start an article. I have written it in Word. It includes x,y type curves drawn by Excel. I can copy the words and paste them in a sandbox, but I can't copy the figures and paste them in a sandbox. How do I transfer Excel figures to a sandbox. Thank you.Hikenstuff (talk) 15:53, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

You would need to save the figure from Excel as an image, and upload that to Wikipedia (or to Commons). I hope that you are not falling into the trap of writing an article based on original research? Your subject needs to be one which has already been the subject of significant coverage in multiple published reliable sources independent of the subject, and the article needs to reference those sources. - David Biddulph (talk) 16:01, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I am assuming that by a "figure" in this context you mean a chart or picture, not a number? - David Biddulph (talk) 16:25, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. Yes, by "figure" I mean a plot of y vs x created by Excel. How or where do I save the figure as an image? Yes, this article is based on publications in a technical journal and a radar conference. I understand the issue of primary sources. Thanks.Hikenstuff (talk) 16:56, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Select your chart in Excel, copy, go to MS Paint, paste your chart, then save as JPG. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:27, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

St John's Catholic School for the Deaf- amendment to entry

Hi My name is Lisa Robinson and I am the Marketing & Promotions Co-ordinator at St John's School for the Deaf. I have just created an account Boston 1869 to update our wikipedia entry and it gave me an error message saying my edit was potentially unconstructive, it asked me to resave (which I did) and report this error, which I am doing now. My changes were a discrepancy in a date where 1987 was typed instead of 1980, and a comment about fundraising targets not being met, which they were, as the EAR was opened in 2012. I also added "New drama studio" instead of the word building as that is what we call it. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Boston1869 (talk • contribs) 16:10, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The antivandalism software noted that you were a new editor modifying controversial content about a living person. If the date that you changed in the section about the pedophilia is supported by reliably published sources there is not actually any issue. But thank you for following up!-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The filter actually appears to have been triggered by removal of a reference about fundraising. If the reference was obsolete (in addition to being dead) then it's OK to remove it. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:45, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Deleted Contributions

Hi

several months ago I submitted edited, notated, autobiographies for publication. They were the result of several months work, with copyright corrections that were made. I have never heard why they were deleted or unacceptable. Would someone work closely with me to get them into acceptable order so they can be published on Wiki?

Thank you

Chris — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrightachris1 (talk • contribs) 16:38, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

your history [3] doesn't show any creations. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:41, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

The closest thing to this I see in your edit history is a few unsuccessful efforts to add an obscure naval chaplain to List of United States Naval Academy alumni and to articles about ships on which he served. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:50, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

That's because they were deleted, Red Pen (see the heading). See Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Wrightachris1 for what's happened here. File:Captain USN Chaplain, Carroll Quinn Wright.pdf was uploaded locally then transferred to Commons - I can't see the Commons version as I'm not a Commons admin, but the local version is a 54MB 225-page book purporting to be the autobiography of someone who died in 1924, with various charts and photographs. The comments in the Commons deletion discussion suggest the same there. Chris's comment that "I have never heard why they were deleted or unacceptable" doesn't sit well with his participation and comments at the Commons deletion discussion. Basically, Chris, you seem to be trying to use Wikipedia / Commons to publish your family history research in the form of a pseudo-autobiography but that's not what Wikipedia/Commons are for, particularly when you use uncredited Wikipedia text and images to do so. Bencherlite^Talk 16:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

UK English

As UK English is an official language of the European Union and American English is not can you please write all information about European Union members in UK English and not American English! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Endriksohn (talk • contribs) 16:43, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

That is not how we work. WP:TIES. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

(e/c) @Endriksohn: "All information" is rather broad and amorphous but we already have policy addressing the issue. See WP:ENGVAR. To be clear, this would mean that, for example, an article on a British person would normally be written in UK English (though of course quotations would retain the original form), but it does not mean that in an article on some other subject where a British person is mentioned, we would feel the need to switch some word in the same sentence to UK English spelling, if it was otherwise. Was there some specific item that sparked your post and if so, what was it?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 16:52, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

There is no good reason to only use British English about 27 other countries just because they belong to the same organization as the UK. Articles about the UK should use British English. Not other countries. See MOS:ENGVAR which says: "An article on a topic that has strong ties to a particular English-speaking nation should use the English of that nation". For example, an article about a Bulgarian weightlifter wouldn't have strong ties to the UK. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:03, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Assistance with table formatting

I have attempted to fix the formatting of the table in the following link without success. [4]

But it's still a mess and I'm not sure how to solve it. For the Africa section, the data year content is misaligned and placed under the percentage row. Also the blue colored row beneath each section heading does not fully extend to the last column.

Can anyone help me fix these issues? Thanks.

Eaglewolfspirit (talk) 17:17, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I'm making changes one at a time with an edit summary. See the article history. I'm doing just a bit and leaving the rest to you. --  Gadget850 ^talk 17:29, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Looks like you got it. --  Gadget850 ^talk 23:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Edwin Battistella

The article on Edwin Battistella (Edwin Battistella) contains the notes “This biographical article needs additional citations for verification.” and “This article uses bare URLs for citations, which may be threatened by link rot.” Both from June 2014. It appears that those issues have been corrected (as of September 2014). I wondering if there is a process to review and remove the notes now that the issues have been resolved. Thank you. Maureen Flanagan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.241.75.111 (talk) 17:32, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I have changed the urls in your question to wikilinks, as those are the preferred method of linking to a Wikipedia article. If you are happy that the tags are no longer valid, please feel free to remove them, but please use an edit summary to explain why you are doing it. - David Biddulph (talk) 17:37, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Need help editing the title of an article

Hello,

I am a Web Applications Business Analyst at Golden 1 Credit Union. I need assistance editing the title of the article about our company. The title lists us as "The Golden 1 Credit Union" when it should simply read "Golden 1 Credit Union".

From what I've gathered, editing the title isn't as simple as editing the content of the page itself. I have never edited a page before and would very much appreciate any help I can get. The URL for our page is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_1_Credit_Union

Thank you very much in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jdlyons81 (talk • contribs) 17:38, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

@Jdlyons81: Done Mlpearc (open channel) 18:00, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Watchlist

Is there a way to keep track of changes made by others in a particular page? If I check the Watchlist box when saving a page I have edited, will that allow me to be notified by Wikipedia if subsequent changes are made in that page? If so, how? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whistler49 (talk • contribs) 19:00, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Changes to that page will now show up on your Special:Watchlist page. You can be notified of changes via your watchlist through other methods as well. Take a look at Help:Watching pages for more info. Scarce2 (talk) 19:06, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

@Whistler49: - (e/c) See WP:WATCHLIST for a very comprehensive guide to the watchlist feature and information about how to receive notifications. If you have further specific questions, please feel free to ask. CaptRik (talk) 19:08, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Suggested updates to Tom Graves

Hi there, about 4 weeks ago I posted a message at Talk:Tom Graves, suggesting some changes to two sections lacking some easily verified relevant information and lacking verification for some existing information. Being a consultant to Rep. Graves, I'm following Jimbo's advisory to not edit directly, and so I've been looking for an unconflicted editor to assist. However, having included a {{request edit}} template, reached out to all four wikiprojects the article falls under, as well as to a couple of editors who'd previously worked on it, I haven't had a single response. Would someone here be willing to review these requests and make these updates if they seem appropriate? Best, WWB Too (Talk · COI) 19:43, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Background color on Wiki tables?

Hello, is the background color on tables (like the one below) colored #FAFAFA? I believe that is either it (or close to) the right color.

Created	Disestablished	Puppet State	Flag	Country/territory	Notes
1921-08-14	1944-10-11	Tuvan People's Republic Tyvan: Tьвa Arat Respuвlik Russian: Урянхайский край		Tannu Uriankhai, part of China	Also known as "Tuva," Russia had been sending people (mainly farmers and fishermen) in to Tuva since 1860. In 1921, Russian-backed Bolsheviks stormed Tuva, after recently having declared its independence during the Mongolian Revolution of 1921. It was later annexed into the Tuvan Autonomous Oblast, per request of the "Little Khural," the executive committee of the Great Khural.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cnd474747 (talk • contribs)

You refer to the wikitable class. Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes says it is defined in http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/skins/common/shared.css?view=markup which says "background-color: #f9f9f9;". PrimeHunter (talk) 23:12, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

I think that is out of date. This is now in the mediawiki.skinning.interface; I don't know which repository this is in.

Tables using class wikitable have the background set to white.[5] --  Gadget850 ^talk 23:15, 24 February 2015 (UTC)]

At the time I tried using a tool to identify it (based off of a screenshot), and it would also identify it as #f9f9f9, but when I put what came up as f9f9f9 next to it on MSPaint, I could see the difference between the two colors, however, when I got a chart of colors with their codes next to them, it looked most like that. Thanks for the speedy responses!Cnd474747 (talk) 23:22, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

See User:Gadget850/wikitable. One of these days I need to do a help page for this. --  Gadget850 ^talk 23:26, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

User:Gadget850Thanks for the page, but I'm not too code-savvy. Could you just tell me what the background color was? Because if I read it correctly, I saw it was "white," but I'm almost sure it's a gray-ish color. Also, I just realized that the top says questions like this should be referred to the reference desk--should I re-ask there? Thannk, Cnd474747 (talk) 23:35, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Go figure. It is defined twice: the first time as white and the second time as #f9f9f9; the second overrides the first. I need to find out what that is about. --  Gadget850 ^talk 23:49, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Image Deletion

Hello!

I'll be frank, when I was much younger I thought it would be fun to create a wikipedia page about myself. I uploaded a photo to that page at some point and then forgot about it for about 8 years. Now whenever my name is googled, that dumb image pops up. I'd like to be able to delete it, is this possible?

Thanks for your help Shaun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SBhow.JPG — Preceding unsigned comment added by SBhow (talk • contribs) 23:36, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Go to edit it by clicking "edit (source)", and paste this at the bottom of the page: {{Db-userreq}} Nevermind Cnd474747 (talk) 23:42, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

@SBhow: I have deleted File:SBhow.JPG on author request. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:45, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

Note that we have no control over what google picks up, and if the image is out on the wild web (given the mass number of Wikipedia scrapers it probably is), it is still likely to be picked up by google's indexing. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 23:47, 24 February 2015 (UTC)

February 25

Got a script for MOS:DATERANGE?

Hey friends, does anybody have a quick fix-it local javascript to adjust date ranges per MOS:DATERANGE? I'm looking at List of programs previously broadcast by NBC and I see a lot of stuff that doesn't conform. 1961–1964 should be 1961–64. Things of that nature that take into consideration all of the specifics of MOS:DATERANGE. Thanks. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 03:48, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

URL?

How can I gET76.167.144.34 (talk) 04:05, 25 February 2015 (UTC) DIRECTLY to what I consider the "main PAGE , "ENTRY PAGE , search BOX (WHERE IT GIVES AN OPTION TO GET YO ANY LANGUAGE IN THE LIST *LIKE "dEUTSCH"?? ---amd" h?OW CAN I submit THIS PAGE?

Are you looking for https://www.wikipedia.org? PrimeHunter (talk) 04:57, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

Hon. Lalith Athulthmudali P.C ( Sri Lanka Minister)

Dear Wikepedia,

Late Lalith Athulathmudali was a relative of mine and a friend. He did not go to Harvard as Your Page had written. He obtained Masters Degree from Stanford Univesity USA. Please research and change your page

Lakshman De silva — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.242.251.218 (talk) 04:43, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

How to Add an Article to the On This Day Queu

I need help to add an article to the On This Day section on the main page.Thanks. Salman mahdi (talk) 10:22, 25 February 2015 (UTC)

How Can I Edit on Protected Pages

I do not know how can I Edit on Protected Pages. --Salman mahdi (talk) 10:25, 25 February 2015 (UTC)