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April 19[edit]

Please Add info of Honbl,Ram Prasad Dhungana on wikipedia[edit]

He is popular in Nepal,He is follwed allover Nepal some of news article about him are as follows

BENARJAN (talk) 06:00, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hello, BENARJAN. When you say "please Add info about..." what you are really saying is "Would any of the thousands of volunteer editors like to spend some of their own time researching and writing an article about ...?" It's not impossible that somebody will do so, but your are not very likely to find somebody by asking here.
There is a place to make this sort of request, requested articles; but in honesty, the take-up there is very low.
A better place to ask might be WT:WikiProject Nepal, as people reading that already have some interest in Nepal.
Alternatively, you could try writing an article yourself. This is challenging, especially for new editors, but it is possible: see your first article.
Your first task would be finding sources that establish that he meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability: as a member of a provincial assembly, he almost certainly does; but you still need to find sources which are reliable, independent, and have significant coverage of him as an individual. I've only looked at the first three of your references, but none of them contain very much information about him (i.e. they lack "significant coverage"). ColinFine (talk) 09:06, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

submitting my page for official publishing[edit]

Hi how do i submit my wiki page for official publishing Chocolate Tribe VFX & Animation Studio (talk) 07:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

OP blocked. 331dot (talk) 07:54, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Josiah Royce entry[edit]

Something has gone awry in the top section of this entry. Can you please fix it or explain how to fix it?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Royce 24.177.76.233 (talk) 10:26, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

 Done – A right hand bracket ("]") had been missed out by an IP editor. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 10:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

REQUESTING WIKIPEDIA TO CREATE A PROFILE FOR ROSÉ FROM BLACKPINK[edit]

Upon doing thourough research in Google, Rosé from Blackpink “Aussie Girl” is the only member has no Wikipedia profile. Please she deserved to get her profile, too.

- From Loving Blackpink Fan 2404:3C00:C04F:2EA0:974:ED79:9A1:57C6 (talk) 10:52, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Please see my answer to #Please Add info of Honbl,Ram Prasad Dhungana on wikipedia above. ColinFine (talk) 10:53, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It is here Rosé Lightoil (talk) 12:08, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • We don't have "profiles" here, not a single one. We have articles. 331dot (talk) 13:01, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

asmaka mahajanapada details are not mentioned in telangana history[edit]

Dear Wikipedia, I would like to inform you that Asmaka mahajanapa was located in current Telanagana and Maharastra. However, Asmaka mahajanapa details are not mentioned as a part of Telanagana history. We request you to update details in Telanagana history. Below links FYR.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmaka https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telangana 178.20.22.2 (talk) 10:55, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The best place for you to submit this request is the talk page of the Telangana article. Maproom (talk) 11:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

new wikipedia listing[edit]

Hi--I have been trying to list a Wikipedia page for myself, Kathy Borchers. So far I can't get it in the Wikipedia search. Would you be able to help me? Thanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kathy_Borchers

```` Kathy Borchers (talk) 13:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This is on your user page User:Kathy Borchers so it isn't an article. A user page shouldn't be used to create articles as the proper way to do this is through a draft, see your first article. However, the material here looks too promotional and thinly sourced for an article, and you should avoid creating an article about yourself.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 13:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi Kathy Borchers. As pointed out above, you created a Wikipedia user page not a Wikipedia article. If you want to create the later, I suggest you take a look at Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, Wikipedia:Notability (people), Wikipedia:Autobiography and Wikipedia:An article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing in addition to pages suggested above by IanMacM. I also suggest you take a look at Wikipedia:User pages#What may I have in my user pages?. Generally, a user page isn't the best place to try and create a new article and you should consider moving the content to a userspace draft instead. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:59, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Kathy Borchers: All of the above is true, but the fundamental issue is notability. If a subject is not notable by our definition, then the article cannot be salvaged and it will be deleted. We can fix anything else, but if the subject is not notable you are wasting your time and ours. -Arch dude (talk) 15:24, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Are these sources likely to make an article notable[edit]

Hi,

I am writing a section about a suspected Viking-era fortification and have just got access to a bunch of newspaper articles about it and was planning to expand the section based on them. However, the section is already taking up a large part of the page and I was wondering about spinning it off into its own article. However, I am not sure it would be notable so I was wondering if someone could offer an opinion on that before I started drafting an independent page.

The main sources are:

  • Morley, Claude; Cooper, Ernest R. (1924). "The Sea Port of Frostenden" (PDF). Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. XVIII (3): 167–179. - repeated in Cooper's two books and a newspaper article he wrote.
  • "Ship burial in Suffolk: Another Sutton Hoo?: Excavation at Domesday port". East Anglian Daily Times. January 22, 1951. p. 5.
  • "More Discoveries At Frostenden: Hope of Finding Saxon Ship Burial". Eastern Daily Press. 1951-02-01.
  • An article in the Halesworth Times also about the excavation in 1951.

There is also a Lowestoft Press and Journal article from this time but I don't have access to it so I can't cite. There is also Raffield, Ben (2013). "Antiquarians, Archaeologists, and Viking Fortifications". Journal of the North Atlantic. 5 (20): 1–29. doi:10.3721/037.004.m602. ISSN 1935-1984. S2CID 163097688. but the discussion in that is possibly trivial and probably WP:INDISCRIMINATE.

Thank-you in advance and best wishes, ~ El D. (talk to me) 13:57, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@El komodos drago Assuming this is about Frostenden, I don't think that a WP:SIZESPLIT is justified yet. Your sources may well make a split viable on grounds of notability, although I don't think that the 1951 press articles are very significant. I'd expect the Viking fortification to have attracted a set of more diverse academic sources by now if it were really significant and hence worthy of independent note. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks. Sorry for not linking the article, I appear to have forgot. ~ El D. (talk to me) 16:07, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

"This activity has been automatically marked as malicious activity and therefore not accepted." problem[edit]

I want to make changes to my article. All the information I have included is in accordance with the structure and rules of wikipedia. All information has officially verified references. But when I try to edit it says "This activity has been automatically marked as malicious activity and therefore not accepted. If you are sure that your edit is constructive, please explain to one of the administrators what you want to do. A brief description of the rules applicable to your activity: Private Box extracting a long piece of text without" How can I solve this? Ajab555 (talk) 14:40, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Which article? What changes were you trying to make? AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:42, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I believe this is about the edits in Azerbaijani Wikipedia: https://az.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X%C3%BCsusi:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=Ajab555. @Ajab555: you should ask help from Azerbaijani Wikipedia, perhaps from az:Vikipediya:Kənd meydanı. MKFI (talk) 14:49, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I am employee in Azerbaijan Public Employment Agency (Dövlət Məşğulluq Agentliyi). One of our former employees who was responsible for this case posted information about the company. I want to change that information and add our official information to the article according to reality. The article follows: https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B6vl%C9%99t_M%C9%99%C5%9F%C4%9Fulluq_Agentliyi_(Az%C9%99rbaycan) Ajab555 (talk) 07:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As MKFI suggests, the English Wikipedia isn't responsible for what goes on at Azerbaijani Wikipedia. However I can tell you that the problem you describe is that you are not using meaningful edit summaries. -- zzuuzz (talk) 07:36, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Ajab555: I've looked again at the problem. You need to use an edit summary, and keep each change relatively small (under 1000 bytes). It's not a well written filter. If you want to highlight a problem with the filter you could use an edit summary containing "→‎,ilə dəyişdirildi,Etiketlər,Etiket", but I don't recommend that. -- zzuuzz (talk) 08:07, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Photo upload on a draft[edit]

Draft page Lixin Wang https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Draft:Lixin_Wang&action=submit I created a draft for a wiki page the draft got deleted to my knowledge since I did not save it. I am using the same account to try and recreate the same page using the same text and photo but keep getting flagged due to using the same image/file as my previous draft. Is there anyway to still use the same photo/file or do I need to use a totally new image? or is it possible to get my old draft back? Hydrology-Car (talk) 15:34, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hydrology-Car Images are not relevant to the draft approval process, which only considers the text and sources. You don't need to worry about images until the draft is placed in the encyclopedia.
If you did not click "publish changes"(which means save) your work is unfortunately lost. That shouldn't affect the use of an image. 331dot (talk) 15:38, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hello Thank you for your reply. When I try and add my image to my new draft it comes up with this "This file is a duplicate of the following file:
Lixin_Wang_CA.jpg" and if I click the file it shows that a draft was made by me on April 5th 2023 which was when I made my original draft. Does this mean I can not add that same photo/file now? Hydrology-Car (talk) 15:45, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Note that uploading an image, and using it in an article, are two completely separate operations. ColinFine (talk) 16:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Hydrology-Car You uploaded the image to Wikimedia Commons, which is a separate area to the English Wikipedia. As such the file is still there at c:File:LixinwangCA.png and there is no need to upload another (that's why you are getting the error message). Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:47, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Hydrology-Car: Did you take File:LixinwangCA.png yourself? There's no information provided (e.g. source url, exif data) to allow verification of your claim of "own work". If you did take the photo yourself, you can aid in the verification process by following the instructions given here or in the template I added to the file's page. If you didn't take the photo yourself, then it's not your "own work" and you can't claim it as such. In that case, you should follow the instructions given here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Qhairun:[edit]

The user "Qhairun", on the "Timeline of events in the Cold War" page, has undone all my changes, restoring all errors, including the wrong dashes. There's nothing I can do, a rollback is indispensable. In English grammar (as in Italian), after the colon the lowercase letter must be indicated. JackkBrown (talk) 16:05, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@JackkBrown: Have you tried discussing this with Qhairun at all? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 16:09, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The latter has apparently realized their error and (mostly) reverted their reversions. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 16:48, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Edits reverted[edit]

The Gloucester Light Infantry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloucester_Light_Infantry title and in body are misspelled. The town of Glocester of Rhode Island is it's correct spelling my edits keep being reverted. Cblaze401 (talk) 17:52, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

This citation "Gloucester Light Infantry R.I.M. – the Rhode Island Historical Society". would appear to disagree. do you have a citation that supports your claim? Martin of Sheffield (talk) 18:15, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
According to Glocester, Rhode Island the town was called "Gloucester" until 1806. -- Random person no 362478479 (talk) 19:24, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Referencing errors on Lucille Kyvallos[edit]

Reference help requested. I can't tell which reference has the error and whether it needs to be corrected in the reference list or in the text of the page. Thank you1 Thanks, BQE2021 (talk) 20:13, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@BQE2021, I notice that {{Cite journal |date=2017-03-10 |title=2017 Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee Spotlight: Lucille Kyvallos '55 |url=https://springfieldcollegepride.com/sports/wbkb/2016-17/releases/20170307fczvx0 |language=en}} doesn't include the name of the journal, only the title of the journal article. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 21:15, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@BQE2021:  Fixed by changing to {{cite web}}. Also added |publisher=Springfield College Athletics. GoingBatty (talk) 21:39, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

What style of Infobox should be used for American Cities[edit]

Recently, a lot of infoboxes for major cities have undergone changes in how the capitons are placed under images. This is in contradiction with this, However I wanted to see if this change in infobox style was done under consensus. If not, where would be the place to find consensus on it. Please let me know ASAP, using the Ping template is prefered. Thanks WeaponizingArchitecture | scream at me 22:15, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

You haven't specified what the changes are you are talking about, or even given an example of an article, so I for one have no idea what you are talking about. The guideline you link to says nothing whatsoever about captions. But if you want to discuss this, I suggest either Template talk:Infobox settlement or WT:WikiProject Cities, but please be clearer about what you are talking about. ColinFine (talk) 23:11, 19 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


April 20[edit]

Malfunction in personal userbox[edit]

I am trying to create a personal userbox, User:Mandruss/UBX/AntiTikTok, using the userbox User:Mandruss/UBX/Signature as a working example. In the new userbox, the |id= parameter is not being processed as I expected. It should show a small version of the specified image at the left side of the userbox, as in the working example. What am I missing? ―Mandruss ☎ 02:12, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mandruss: File:Bajs.jpg is on MediaWiki:Bad image list so it cannot be displayed outside its file page. Choose another image. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:59, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Amazing. Censoring images of poop, lest somebody be offended. Now I remember why I semi-retired. Thanks. ―Mandruss ☎ 10:41, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mandruss: MediaWiki talk:Bad image list says: "Images on the list have normally been used for widespread vandalism where user blocks and page protections are impractical." Feces has several poop images. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:25, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes it does, and the only one remotely suitable for my purpose is File:Human_Feces.jpg, which is blocked from use everywhere except Feces and Human feces. Presumably those with delicate sensitivities don't go to those articles, so it's ok to show poop there. ―Mandruss ☎ 13:33, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'd suggest that regardless if you can, putting a pile of poop on your userpage isn't likely to further the production of an encyclopedia. -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 15:18, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
True, and the same applies to almost every userbox. It doesn't further the production of an encyclopedia to tell the world what your favorite video game is, or that you have visited New Hampshire. And yet we allow that and countless other similar cases, or at least tolerate them, which is effectively the same thing. I've never even seen anything negative said about those userboxes. This tells me the community feels that, at least in the case of userboxes, editor self-expression is more important than furthering the production of the encyclopedia. The community has spoken. ―Mandruss ☎ 15:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I speculate the community might not speak the same way about feces. -- Maddy from Celeste (WAVEDASH) 18:59, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Perhaps. But I'm 99% retired (after 8 years of faithful service), so I'm not furthering the production of the encyclopedia much anyway. Thanks for the input. ―Mandruss ☎ 17:51, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Geography archeology dots[edit]

Sometimes I would go into pages that is related to history and would see three red dots. Like for example would see it on the Eboracum page on the map. Sometimes it would be on ancient sites dating thousands of years ago or just a few hundred years ago. But in some case it would be one big dots eve on ancient related page. I've always wonder about the three dots. Edwardadrian (talk) 02:30, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Edwardadrian: That appears to be how Template:Infobox ancient site chooses to mark the location of the article subject on the map. Other templates may (and do) mark locations in other ways. My guess is that a page showing "one big dot" is using a different template (for whatever reason), but it's impossible to be certain without an example to refer to. ―Mandruss ☎ 02:41, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Edwardadrian: Yes, {{Infobox ancient site}} uses File:Archaeological site icon (red).svg. Three dots in a triangle is an icon for historic sites and has its own Unicode character U+26EC Historic Site with a redirect on ⛬. PrimeHunter (talk) 04:20, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I want the Wikipedia to be more authentic source of content[edit]

Respected! It is a kind suggestion that allowing any to edit content could lead to vulnerability of the site content. Please don't allow any one to edit the source otherwise it could be replaced with the fake content. In order to edit or post the content author must be registered to a reputed institute, so that the content posted by author is valid not fake content before publishing his content similar to journal or research publish by the author or first validated before publication. 182.183.136.64 (talk) 05:30, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Your suggestion is certainly an interesting one. I wish to draw your attention to Scholarpedia, which has implemented a process similar to the one you suggest. It's unlikely that this proposal would be adopted here, however. Shells-shells (talk) 05:48, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You're almost certainly not the first person to suggest something like this and you won't be the last. However, I think this question was decided very early when Wikipedia was just starting and the side in favor of keeping Wikipedia "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" won the day. If you're interested in learning more about the beginning of Wikipedia, the article History of Wikipedia goes into more detail. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:59, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Your suggestion that someone should be "registered to a reputed institute" is a pathway to stagnation. It might work fine for active academic subjects but would exclude those with a professional knowledge gained in industry or the best sort of amateurs who have studied long and hard in their own time. It's bad enough trying to get to sources when you are outside academe but to block such editors would destroy the project. Martin of Sheffield (talk) 07:32, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Page Issue[edit]

I have edited my page, but page is not working [[John Samuel Malayalam Writer|John Samuel Malayalam Writer]] (talk) 08:58, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See your talk page. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:02, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
(edit conflict)User:John Samuel Malayalam Writer, as is clearly explained on your talk page, the article John Samuel Malayalam Writer has been deleted "because the page seems to be unambiguous advertising". Please note such a page is NOT "your" page, but Wikipedia's page, and must conform to wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Please stop trying to use Wikipedia to promote yourself. Arjayay (talk) 09:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Moving A Drafted Wikipedia to Another User[edit]

How can I move an editing draft to another person/account? I could not find any information about this on the internet. Mechka med (talk) 16:26, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Mechka med: Wikipedia is a collaborative project. Nobody "owns" a draft, even it it's a user subpage, although by convention I think most editors defer to the user for user's subpages. I suggest you move your draft into "draft" space if ti is not already there. You accomplish this by using the "move" button. -Arch dude (talk) 16:33, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mechka med: If this is about Draft:James Vaughn Warren, then it is already in "draft" space and does not belong to you. It belongs to all interested editors. -Arch dude (talk) 16:37, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AI[edit]

Does WIKI use AI to create any content 8.45.30.175 (talk) 18:53, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Sometimes. See Wikipedia:Artificial intelligence. Shantavira|feed me 19:21, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

editing 181.9.199.25 (talk) 21:05, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How can I get my page assessed?[edit]

A few weeks ago I created the page Morley Vernon King. Is there any way I can get it assessed by Wikiprojects? Comitialbulb561 (talk) 21:17, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I think you're asking about getting the various WikiProjects added to the talk page, which will notify them? You can do that yourself. If you take a look at the code on the talk page for a similar article, you can get an idea of which projects to add. Valereee (talk) 21:34, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Comitialbulb561 (forgot to ping). Valereee (talk) 21:35, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Referencing errors on Battle of Tora Bora[edit]

Reference help requested. Hello, new editor here. A bot has just informed me about an apparent error reference in this edit I made on this article. I am still learning how to edit and not quite understanding everything. I have been struggling from the start on how to correctly add citations as I am quite technically illiterate and I quickly lose track of everything, especially since I have been writing simultaneously so effectively multitasking (the show preview feature is really a great help in this respect.) I want to fix the citation errors of course, but I am not quite sure what the error even is or which citation exactly is the issue in this case. I cited multiple sources in that session and can't even tell which one is causing the issue, much less how to fix it. Furthermore, it is difficult to keep track of since everything appears to be working. The bot says something about a "missing periodical", but even after reading that wiki page I still don't understand exactly what that even means. Would anyone be so kind as to help me understand how to fix this referencing error? Thanks, Fanatizka (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

It appears this error has already been resolved, but the issue was that the {{cite journal}} template you added in the second paragraph of that edit requires a journal name, but none was provided (likely because the linked document was not taken from a journal). If you happen to have this same issue in the future, changing the citation template to {{cite web}} should fix it. Tollens (talk) 23:39, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I see, thanks for the response. The citation was to an online PDF file, which I mistakenly thought was what the cite journal was for since it didn't auto-fill in for the URL like the other citations did. I will use the ((cite web)) template when in doubt in the future. Thank you. Fanatizka (talk) 23:58, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikipedia keep coming back to mobile version even I switched to desktop.[edit]

Why my wikipedia in chrome mobile keep coming back to mobile mode even I switched in desktop mode? Pls help. Thanks. Rendell1234 (talk) 23:03, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

See Wikipedia:Enable mobile version. You can also paste this into your "Shared CSS/JavaScript for all skins:" in your preferences
(function () {
// Find the link used to switch to the desktop view.
var desktopLink = document.getElementById("mw-mf-display-toggle");
if (desktopLink === null) {
return;
}
var href = desktopLink.getAttribute('href')
// Make sure we're not already in the desktop view, which could lead to
// an infinite loop.
if (href.indexOf('.m.') > -1) {
return;
}
// Navigate to the new URL, replacing the history element, as if we were
// never on the mobile site! You can use .assign() instead, if you want to
// keep the URL of the mobile site in your history.
window.location.replace(href);
})()
PalauanReich (talk) 23:11, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Also this happen when I clear data on chrome. If I switch it to desktop in google search and going to wikipedia, the website goes back to mobile version. But even I removed the "m" on it, it still on mobile. But if I switch to desktop on goofle chrome settings, still on mobile bjt in larger desktop version, I need only to remove the "m" if I switched to to "desktop" in chrome on wikipedia itself. Pls help because I don't want mobile version of wikipedia since 2015. Rendell1234 (talk) 23:17, 20 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As I said, paste that into your shart css/javascript and it should work. If you want more info, see this forum post PalauanReich (talk) 01:31, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
You can stay in desktop mode permanently by pasting this line into your common.js file (User:Rendell1234/common.js):
mw.loader.load( "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%C3%9Ejarkur/NeverUseMobileVersion.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript" );
CodeTalker (talk) 17:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

April 21[edit]

Adding or changing an image in solar eclipse infobox[edit]

I haven't figured out how to edit images of the solar eclipses. Someone who knows how infobox works could help me out on this. MarioJump83 (talk) 02:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@MarioJump83: Someone would need to upload a new image to Wikipedia (or Wikimedia Commons) and then someone could edit the infobox to reference the new image. If you could please provide the name of the article, we could provide more detailed instructions. GoingBatty (talk) 02:46, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Solar eclipse of April 20, 2023. There is an image for total solar eclipse in East Timor rather than partial eclipses on Indonesia, but I could not change it myself. There's also a lot of images for Solar eclipse of March 7, 1970 in Wikimedia Commons which hasn't added into the infobox just yet. I intend to add an image to the infobox the way they did on the April 20, 2023 article. MarioJump83 (talk) 03:03, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@MarioJump83: Well, {{Infobox solar eclipse}} seems to work differently from other infoboxes, as it "uses information from the NASA Solar Eclipse Database". Overriding the image with the |image= parameter didn't seem to work for me. I suggest asking at Template talk:Infobox solar eclipse if you don't receive a response here. GoingBatty (talk) 03:24, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
That's disappointing. The infobox is probably overly complex for me to understand. MarioJump83 (talk) 04:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@MarioJump83: The image is decided by [1] in Module:Solar eclipse/db/200 which is for 2001–2050. Module:Solar eclipse/db/195 is for 1951–2000. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:38, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks, I'll do something later. MarioJump83 (talk) 15:35, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Looking for categorization reporting tool[edit]

Hi there! I'm looking for a tool that would do the following:

  • Allow you to enter a page (from any namespace) and a category
  • If the page is included in a subcategory, then return a result showing the entire category path from the category entered to the category on the page (i.e. category, sub-category, sub-sub-category,...)

I'm asking because I've created a recursive list of talk pages within Category:Wikipedia infobox backlog, and many of the pages in the result don't seem to have a parameter such as |needs-infobox=yes. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 02:55, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Martineau family[edit]

In the "Categories" section at the bottom of this page - please add the link Liberal Unionist Party as well as Harriet Martineau and James Martineau. These links appear to be certainly relevant. Thanks 175.38.42.62 (talk) 03:01, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there! The links you mentioned are articles, not categories. The articles you mentioned are already linked within the body of the Martineau family article. I suggest you reword your request on the article's talk page: Talk:Martineau family. GoingBatty (talk) 03:18, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Sorry, I don't quite get what you mean, so I'll keep out of it. Thank you again 175.38.42.62 (talk) 09:07, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm not sure you know what categories are. If you click "Catherine, Princess of Wales" after "Categories:" on Martineau family then you are not taken to an article but to Category:Catherine, Princess of Wales. See more at Help:Category. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:19, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Moving article when target article is its redirect[edit]

Hi, I'm trying to change the name of Muvattupuzha Taluk to Muvattupuzha taluk as "taluk" is part of the descriptor, not the title, and it is not normally capitalized in prose. The latter article already exists, though, as a redirect to the former. I'm not able to complete the move. Is there a quick way to resolve this? (There is very inconsistent capitalization among many article titles like this, so I want to be able to do it myself if possible!) Thanks!! Wracking 💬 09:54, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

As an extended confirmed user you should be able to move an article to a new name which is currently a redirect without history. As Muvattupuzha taluk has some history you will probably need to use Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests, which is fairly quick as long as no one objects. TSventon (talk) 10:17, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Got it, thanks! Wracking 💬 10:36, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Looking for support[edit]

 – Added section header. GoingBatty (talk) 14:27, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

looking for a support 197.255.196.190 (talk) 13:54, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi there! How can we help you with Wikipedia? GoingBatty (talk) 14:28, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Username change[edit]

Hi all. I'm here to ask about changing my username and if it's possible. I know there is a policy for whether or not it is deemed appropriate to change one's name yet I am not sure where to find it. The reason I want to change it is mainly because I just don't like it—it resonates with me in an improper way, is at least somewhat immature in my eyes, and, additionally, the name carries a lot of history/baggage behind it that I don't want people seeking out so easily as it was created when I was in a younger, less mature age, when I did not care so much about digital footprint (this, of course, has changed). I am here to ask what the policy for username changes is, what effects it can have (will it also affect my Wikibooks, Wikidata, etc. accounts?), and if I should even go about it or if it's just too much effort for a trivial matter. I am really quite conflicted here. - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 14:10, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Guidance is at Wikipedia:Changing username. - David Biddulph (talk) 14:14, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thank you, I will look over it. - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 14:20, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

How to efficiently determine who introduced a claim into an article?[edit]

One of the ways I often edit is because I'm interested in a topic so I want to read beyond the Wikipedia article, including reading the cited sources. One issue I've seen a lot is that someone will make some claim in an article and I'll think it sounds kind of dubious, so I read the cites and those cites don't actually make the claim which the article text makes (and thus claims that the cite supports). So I'll say "WTF? No, article does not say that" and take it out.

Sometimes these bad cites seem to me like someone is deliberately misrepresenting something, and I want to figure out who was responsible and punish them somehow. I acknowledge of course that we should assume good faith, and we (even outside of Wikipedia) we should not ascribe to malice what can be explained by poor reading comprehension. But even so, I kind of want to slap the relevant accounts with some sort of "You did a reading comprehension fail, please read sources more carefully in future" thing. Even if it's just me whining on people's talk pages or something.

The problem is that I don't know a good way to efficiently identify the edit which introduced a cited claim. I mean, I'm pretty technically sophisticated, so I guess I could do a lot of programming and implement something, but I would think/hope some kind of fuzzy "where did most of these words in about this position in the article probably come from" had already been created because I hate doing work. Or that at least that some people had the same kind of feeling of wanting to figure out who screwed this article up in this way originally happened, and tried to think about what to do with it.

The fundamental problem is that it's extremely low-cost to introduce something wrong into an article and cite some news story about the article's subject which doesn't actually support it, at least compared to accurately verifying that the cite does not actually support the claim which cites it. So my brain naturally wants to do something to balance these costs out somehow. IDK, maybe it's a lost cause. Or maybe, even if there is some good way to determine who introduced some claim, making fun of them for bad reading comprehension isn't a good solution or good for Wikipedia community. I'm willing to accept these things. Nevertheless, what prior work, if any, exists for how-do-I-figure-out-who-originally-added-X-to-article? Dingsuntil (talk) 14:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Dingsuntil: Hi there! I enjoy using WikiBlame to do this. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 14:53, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There is also a Media wiki tool mw:Who Wrote That?, but I have not used it myself. TSventon (talk) 15:00, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I've used this extension before, and it's helpful in determining who wrote a particular string of text in an article. OP, just be aware that other editors may have also edited that string, and you should always compare it with the article's history to make sure you're leaving a message for the right person. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 19:22, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Template error[edit]

On the page "Battle of Borodino", I found an error in a template; I work very little with this type of template, so I don't know how to solve it. Caption: "Ney's infantry push Russian grenadiers back from the [flèches] Error: [undefined] Error: {{Lang}}: no text (help): unrecognized language tag: f4 (help) (which can be seen from the rear in the background). Detail from the Borodino Panorama.". JackkBrown (talk) 14:29, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

The broken template was a {{Lang}} template, whose language tag seems to have been a typo of "fr". In that case going into where the template was added in wikitext and changing {{Lang|f4 to {{Lang|fr would resolve the issue, which I have fixed just now. If you would like to resolve a problem relating to templates, but don't know how, it might be useful to use the visual editor's template editor which provides an often-documented list of parameters that you can change about the template; going to the page of the template (linked at the start) can also help you figure out how to resolve the error as it typically contains exhaustive documentation about the template itself. - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 14:48, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Changes[edit]

I tried to update the Sorcery Band page but the bot didn't seem to approve of my edits. I am the founding member of Sorcery and all the things I added or changed are correct. Loudguitar (talk) 15:04, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If you are a founding member of Sorcery making changes to an article about your own band, it can present a conflict of interest; please make sure to take the necessary precautions before attempting to edit the page further—I would advise you read the page on conflict of interest. Additionally, please be sure to cite your sources otherwise edits you make could be reverted as most claims are useless if it is not backed up by reliable, trustworthy sources. It is worth noting that being the founding member of the band does not give you the stance to provide unsourced information with the evidence being "I made the band, so I know everything about it." It is preferred to provide secondary sources to a claim as those are at least somewhat removed from the source of information most closely related with the subject and thusly are generally considered more acceptable and are preferred over primary and tertiary sources in Wikipedia. I hope this helps. Feel free to ask any more questions if you are still confused. - Cheers, KoolKidz112 (hit me up) 15:19, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It was not a bot that reverted your edits: it was a human editor that goes by Ryanisgreat4444. Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. ColinFine (talk) 16:50, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Wikimedia Commons Is Down[edit]

When I Try accessing wikimedia commons it says this:

Your connection is not private

Attackers might be trying to steal your information from commons.wikimedia.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more

NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID


I tried another computer it said the samething but let me continue to site, there is one word one the whole page "RESET". PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 15:47, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@PaulGamerBoy360 I have been using Commons all afternoon without problems and have uploaded several files. Thus the problem is probably your end. The precise URL link I use to access Commons is this one. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:08, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I think an hacker is trying to pretend to be commons.wikimedia.org, so Google is blocking it, because it worked for link one minute but when I reloaded the page the message in my original post happened. PaulGamerBoy360 (talk) 17:23, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

AI for article creation[edit]

Not sure this is the right forum, but I wanted to flag the issue of possible use of AI in article creation. At Peer review, I came across this, a use of AI in reviewing. That led to this GAR discussion, AI again, where it became apparent that User:Esculenta was also creating articles at a very fast rate.[2] I'm not competent to assess whether or not they are making use of AI, whether it would be a good/bad/right/wrong thing if they are, or whether their actions are in fact completely appropriate. I know the use of AI here is currently a topic under quite heavy discussion although I'm not aware any conclusions have been reached/guidance or policy written. So I wanted to flag it to enable those with the necessary technical competence to have a look. Very happy to flag it elsewhere if this isn't the right place. I have let User:Esculenta know I've raised it. KJP1 (talk) 16:23, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

I would suggest this is more for Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:35, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
OrangeMike - Many thanks, wasn't sure where was best. I'll flag it there. KJP1 (talk) 16:37, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Addressed at ANI. KJP1 (talk) 17:24, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

new skin on english wikipedia[edit]

was it implemented to force people to make an account so they could switch back to the previous skin? 103.62.153.129 (talk) 19:08, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Maproom (talk) 19:16, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I find both the above remarks rather offensive. I am not a Wikipedia programmer, and had no part in designing or implementing the new interface. But I have no doubt that the volunteers who put their time and effort into it did so with the intention of improving it. OK, you don't like it. But the suggestions of either malice or incompetence are unworthy and disrespectful. (For the record I neither particularly like nor dislike it). ColinFine (talk) 23:30, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
There are workarounds for IP editors described here and here. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]


April 22[edit]

Explanation of map colors question[edit]

Hi. I am trying to properly place the caption of a map, in an infobox, that explains the meaning of its colors. It is in the article Herodian Tetrarchy, for the file Herodian tetrachy.png. According to MOS:CAPLENGTH, "Infobox images with mission insignia – no caption needed, but if there is a description of the symbolism, it should be included on the image description page." I just don't know how to do it. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 00:38, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

@Thinker78: A color legend is not mission insignia. Herodian Tetrarchy looks OK to me. The image description page is commons:File:Herodian tetrachy.png. It's missing the color legend. See e.g. commons:File:NATO partnerships.svg. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:25, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It looked ok now it looks better. Thanks for the example of NATO, I will likely apply it. Regards, Thinker78 (talk) 05:25, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Football line-up[edit]

BRA-CRC 2018-06-22.svg

Hey, how to made these image? Tolaquangkhoi2012 (talk) 04:36, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Hi @Tolaquangkhoi2012. Happy to help, but I am not quite sure what you are asking? Are you trying to add this image to a specific article? Please advise which article. Clicking edit>Insert>image and then typing the name of the file is how one places an image in an article. Happy to help make sure its done properly. Please reply and click @ followed by my name to ensure I receive a notification from you. Thanks! MaxnaCarta (talk) 05:08, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
It's more plausible to think the OP is asking how to make an image like that with different players' names. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:21, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Tolaquangkhoi2012: It was made outside Wikipedia and uploaded as an image. SVG images have source code. The source of Media:BRA-CRC 2018-06-22.svg says "Created with Inkscape". See Inkscape. It was uploaded by S.A. Julio who has many similar images at commons:Special:ListFiles/S.A. Julio. PrimeHunter (talk) 05:35, 22 April 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
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