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			{{Atop\|1=User is bocked. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 15:30, 19 January 2025 (UTC)}}
	{{Misplaced Pages:Help_desk/Archives/2009 September 17}}
			How to add more Portals? ] (]) 19:37, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

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	= September 18 =
	oops I put this in the wrong place.

			= January 19 =
	] (]) 00:58, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== Tracing a comment ==
	== Trouble with transclusion (newbie at templates) ==

			Hello, I have a trival ] hangup. I can't find the source of ]'s comment that appears in ], which is sourced from ]. Leaving a message in case any WikiWizards know a quick method to search historical WP other than ] (no result for me other than the copied destination). (Were IP contributions not recorded in Sep '03?) ] (]) 02:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	Hello all,
			:{{ping\|Tule-hog}} If you click in the page history then it shows a deletion in 2006. As an administrator I can see the deleted edits which include the edit by the IP. BoNoMoJo copy-pasted and redirected ] in 2003. The copy was later moved back to the original title. ] (]) 03:11, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Answering extended confirmed requests ==
	I am not sure whether I should end up here, but I pass all the criteria for not being elsewhere, and I am sure one of you will point me elsewhere. So, thanks and apologies in advance and I make this longer in case it is easier for you to pass it on.

			If a request is too complicated or I'm not familiar enough with the topic, should I respond letting them know this, or should I just ignore the request and wait for (and if) someone else to answer? ] (]) 05:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	I am a reasonably experienced editor just grappling with template syntax, or transclusion syntax. I am a computer programmer of about 25 years so am reasonably happy with syntax, I just have made some stupid error somewhere I can' spot.

			:Generally best to ignore such requests. When pages are protected, they are often for very good reasons and you don’t want to bypass that protection without good cause. ] ] 05:46, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	I have just started making a couple of templates: {{tlx\|KSH2008}} in the Template space (yeah, I should have done it in user space but it was doing no harm there) which is useful in Hungarian infoboxes to reference Hungarian template data. I am now working on an "inherited" infobox at ] and it is going quite nicely, but passing data on to {{tlx\|KSH2008}} I cannot get it right. The relevant bit of the template is this:

			== Vandalism edits ==
	<code><nowiki>
	\|area_footnotes = {{#if:{{{ksh_code_2008\|}}}
	\|<ref name="KSH2008">{{KSH2008\|{{{ksh_code_2008\|}}}
	\|{{{official_name\|}}}
	}}
	</nowiki></code>

			Is there a dedicated AN or other board for requesting deletion of specific edits (not related to personal information, just vandalism)? Would I just go straight to ]? Asking in context of looking to wipe the ES of a decade old single-edit account's ]. ] (]) 09:22, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	The aim of this is that, if ksh_code_2008 is given to the "Hungarian settlement" template, it passes it on to KSH2008 as the census code for the place, and creates a reference for it ({{tlx\|KSH2008}} uses {{tlx\|cite}}). (I appreciate that it is probably not good form to name a reference that then ends up named in the article editor's namespace, but that is not the point right now; several sections of the infobox use it but only one defines it, so unless an editor has the bloody-mindedness to call a reference KSH2008 all is well.)

			:I'm curious as to how you found that edit that's over 11 years old. ] (]) 09:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	But I cannot get {{tlx\|Hungarian settlement}} to pass it on to {{tlx\|KSH2008}}. I know it's coming through that code because I get ''something'', i.e. what KSH2008 does without parameters, go to the main Hungarian census page. There is probably something very obviously wrong with this syntax but as far as I can tell by reading I have got it all right. What it does is that KSH2008 believes that ksh_code_2008 is blank, even though it cannot be to have passed the top #if, and I have put in test code to ensure it is not blank. If I replace the parameters with literal text, all is well. I am very puzzled as obviously I am doing something wrong and is probably very simple but I cannot understand what.
			:: on that page, but this is just a specific example I had on hand of a question I've had come up before. ] (]) 09:29, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			::(ec)The edit was blanked shortly after it was made, and there's nothing there that needs a ]. ] (]) 09:31, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::REVDEL was what I was failing to recall, thanks. ] basically addresses my question. ] (]) 09:39, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Vandalism simply gets deleted. AIV is for reporting persistent vandals for blocks. ] (]) 09:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Short description overridden at Lambda-CDM model ==
	] has an article which uses this template-in-embryo; the live page is in article space at ]. Thanks and apologies once again for your help. ] (]) 01:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I ] the short description of ], but the page continues to show the old short description. What is overriding the explicit short description? ] (]) 13:43, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Your problem is the closing:
	<pre>
	\|area_footnotes= {{#if:{{{ksh_code_2008\|}}}\|<ref name="KSH2008">{{KSH2008\|{{{ksh_code_2008\|}}}}}\|{{{official_name\|}}} }}
	</pre>
	:It should work with that. –]] 01:48, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			: {{Ping\|Rublov}} Try ]. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 15:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	::I am sorry but it does not. Or if it does, I am an idiot. I tried to copy it faithfully, then reformatted it to get the braces to match up to make sure they did, but it still does not work. Forgive me for being very stupid here. If you know how to make it work, if you looked at the links I gave you to spot the problem, could you please just edit it for me to do so? I don't expect an extensive test (that's my job!) but when I pasted that in, I think faithfully, it spewed on the template page i.e. I think you are one over. I am sure I will just go OOOOOOOOOOOH I should have seen that, when I find out what it is, but I suspect you either are incorrect or not making clear. But I do thank you all the same for helping! The accent on "Túrian" and the "patois" doesn't help when I have spent the last three days sorting out Hungarian and French articles!
			::Didn't work. ] (]) 16:48, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::That's a weird one. The short description that you added is visible to me, but above it is a short description that isn't formatted like anything I've seen before. It has an '''edit''' function to its right, which brings up a pop-up editing window. The source for it doesn't appear in the wikitext, so I can't figure out where it's coming from. ] ] 17:04, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			:It's because it transcludes the lead section of ]. —] 17:09, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Well spotted. That was exactly it.
			::For future reference, putting the short description of ] in {{mono\|<nowiki><noinclude></nowiki>}} didn't work, but creating a ] excluding the short description and transcluding ''that'' at ] did. ] (]) 19:14, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Strange situation in someone's userpage ==
	::My best wishes ] (]) 02:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			(I am deliberately not linking to the page in question as this question involves G10/RD2 content)
	::Thank you for your time to help. 02:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I have come across a userpage made recently. The person wrote an attack page as their userpage and then blanked it. A check through the history shows no content worth saving. Is it still eligible for G10 or should it be RevDell'ed instead? ] (]) 14:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	== IRC ==

			:If you don't want to link to the page, I suggest that you follow ] and request either G10 or RD2, then the responding admin can decide. ] (]) 15:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	Whenever I click on any irc link on Misplaced Pages, nothing happens. Is anything supposed to? WHat does this mean, if nothing does? <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"><i>]<b>]</b></i></font> 02:25, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			::I've now resolved the issue. ] (]) 06:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Well, you need to have an ], or it won't work. If you are using firefox, you can add the ] add-on, for example. ] gives full details. ≈ ] ] ] 02:27, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== Access to ProQuest ==
	:If you can't/don't want to install a client on your system, you can also access the Misplaced Pages IRC channels in your browser, at http://webchat.freenode.net/ or http://toolserver.org/~bjelleklang/pjirc/ . These require ]. ∙ ]] 11:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			Per ], "{{tq\|Links inserted by named identifiers are presumed to lie behind a paywall or registration barrier}}" in which case it should be indicated when there is free access. However, I don't see a URL access indicator for ProQuest. Typically, I'd add ProQuest using the ID parameter and ]. I noticed that the template documentation says "{{tq\|the access status of the linked document is not reflected in the <nowiki>\|url-access=</nowiki> parameter}}", which I assumed meant that there was no way of indicating the access level within the template. I added the parameter to the ProQuest template for the first source cited at '']'' and it seems to have worked fine. Did I add it correctly? Is this the correct way to indicate the access level of a ProQuest URL? ] (]) 18:15, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	== HEATING PAD ==

			== Creating a bot ==
	CAN U USE A HEATING PAD WITH METHODONE? I KNOW I CAN'T WITH THE FENTANYL PATCH
	:<small>Medical advice removed.</small>
	::I'm sorry, but ]. --''']''' ''(] \| ])'' 06:07, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::Unless Bugs meant ]. ] (]) 06:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::::In which case, ] :) ] (]) 08:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			Let's say I want to create a bot. Initially I would work only within my own userspace, while learning how to do it. I know the basics of programming (cycles, if statements, boolean logic, etc), but ''where'' would I add the code to make the account do those automated actions? ] (]) 18:20, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Does this constitute as vandalism? ==
	{{Resolved\|1= – ] (]) 21:32, 18 September 2009 (UTC)}}
	I apologize if this question is in the wrong place as I'm unsure really where to ask this.. I'll mention just a little bit of history about the user to make this question make sense... there is a user on[REDACTED] who was banned from a fansite of a cartoon. They were permanently banned for harassing members. Three days after their ban from the fansite, they removed the link (an external link) to the fansite off of the article for the cartoon, claiming it was at the request of the fansite's owner (which the person they are referring to is not the owner). I very surely believe this to be in retaliation to their ban and thus, in my opinion, would constitute as an act of vandalism.

			:Hello, @]. Please see ], and the pages linked from there. ] (]) 21:06, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	Am I wrong about if this is vandalism, or am I correct? And if I am correct, what should I do to go about preventing the user from doing it again? Again, I apologize if my question is in the wrong place, and if there are instructions for this somewhere on the site. I am very unfamiliar with the formatting of Misplaced Pages.
			::I did, I haven't found the info, so I'm asking here ] (]) 02:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Try ]. The same policies apply regardless of where you intend to use the bot. ]\|] 09:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			== So my Sandbook is no being targeted for deletion with Malice ==
	I will clarify any part of my message here further, if needed.
	<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 06:44, 18 September 2009 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
	:I assume that you mean on ]. The removal in question was in . As the editor in question appears to have only done this the one time, although it ''could'' count as vandalism, it was reverted by you (albeit belatedly) - a one-off piece of vandalism doesn't necessarily even need a warning, yet alone reporting. An editor's behaviour off-wikipedia has no effect on how we treat them on here - unless the user has vandalised multiple times on here, then we count them as a reliable editor. Should there be further instances of vandalism by the editor, they can be dealt with.
	:In summary: although this could be vandalism, there is insufficient evidence for this (the editor could have been making a ] edit). This does not require reporting, especially not 40 days after the event. -- ''']''' (], ]) 07:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::It's a link to a fansite's forum. I just re-removed it per ]. ] (]) 07:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::Steve, I understood what you meant, but I found your last sentence to be slightly ambiguous. "... unless the user has vandalised multiple times on here, then we count them as a reliable editor." I am sure you intended to say something like: "we count them as a reliable editor, unless they have vandalized multiple times on here". Regards, <tt>]</tt> (]) 07:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::* That is indeed what I meant to type, Decltype! Thanks for clarifying it -- ''']''' (], ]) 12:26, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::I appreciate everyone's replies (and thank you for the edit of the signature on my first message, Phantomsteve!). And yes, that is the article. I do actually remember more content being on the page before talking about information about the boxset, in which the external link was in place as an official reference source to what was stated about the boxset, though I don't know how far back that was lost in the edits. But I am curious then...If both the external link is removed by the user and the link has to be placed back in repeatedly, it would be vandalism then on the part of the user who continually removes it? Or would that be evidence of it (and possibly after repeated instances of it something would or could be done)? I am a bit unclear on when in this instance it would be considered vandalism and therefore can have action of some kind taken.

			{{atop\|1=Already at ]. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); ]; ]</span> 11:51, 20 January 2025 (UTC)}}
	:::And Tim Song, you raised a new question for me. If still, after all of that, that the external link that was removed is one that should not be there, should a few of the others not be there as well? As Saturday Morning Sonic is another fansite of the show. Though if material is referenced to the site within the article, I am unsure, as I did not check to see if there was any referenced material pointing to that website. ] (] • ]) 07:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::::ELs are not supposed to be references, which are in a separate section and have their own policy - ]. I removed the link because it was painfully apparent that it's a fansite; there are probably other inappropriate links, but I didn't have time to check. ] (]) 13:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::::Thank you all for your replies. I have found this to be very helpful information and have learned something new in the process (I did not know about ] until now!).] (] • ]) 07:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I reported I'm being cyber bullied. by certain admin, and now my sandbox Is being targeted for deletion. Guess my point is proven. ] (]) 22:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Why can't I upload a new version of an image ? ==
			:Your sandbox was nominated for speedy deletion because it's duplicating the draft you had restored after the article was deleted. Work on the draft version. ] ] 22:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Tha draft was 9years and would have had to be done from scratch. So I started a fresh more improved article. ] (]) 23:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Do it in the ] location. There is no need to make a third draft location; you're already using two. - ] ] 23:36, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

			{{abot}}
	A warning came out when I try to upload it. How can this problem be solved ? ] ] 08:39, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== TWL access to Newspapers.com ==
	* <U>Upload warning</U>
	"A file with this name exists at the Wikimedia Commons. You can:
	go back and upload this file to Misplaced Pages using a different name.
	upload it to Commons, if your intent is to replace the image that already exists with a better version."
	:This happened to me when I tried to upload a new version of a cover for a single. I had to just upload it as a new image in the end. ] 08:52, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:: The image I want to replace is a copyrighted logo, how can I upload it on commons ? ] ] 08:59, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::Logos are presumed copyright and not accepted on Commons. A low resolution copy is acceptable on en.wiki if an appropriate ] statement can be made. ] (]) 11:05, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::::I think Arteyu's saying that s/he's trying to ''replace'' a copyright logo with a non-copyright image? If that's the case, are you able to upload your image directly to Commons (rather than to WP) with the name you're trying via ? ] (]) 11:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I was recently given access to Newspapers.com but I only have the free subscription which means I can't clip pages. Did I do something wrong? <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:1.15em"> ]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} ]) </span> 22:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	:This is a recent software problem. It has been reported at ] and ]. ] (]) 11:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:Apparently the user who reviewed was ]. <span style="font-family:monospace; font-weight: bold"> <span style="color:ForestGreen;font-size:1.15em"> ]</span> (<span style="color:#324c80">she/they</span> {{pipe}} ]) </span> 22:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	==Unbroken Misplaced Pages Static HTML (English)==
	Is there somewhere in the archives a copy of the above which is downloadable? The later the better.
	2008-06 is broken and I can't access 2008-03.
	<span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 09:09, 18 September 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned2 -->
	: - a 14GB compressed file which is going to take a while to download! ] (]) 11:43, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			::{{ping\|TheTechie}} It has to be processed by Newspapers.com which might take a week or two. ] (]) 22:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Deleted my page, but... ==
			:::@] My application took about 5 working days after it was approved by a WP editor. You'll get an email from newspapers.com and will find that your account there has had the "subscriber" content added, which is the key part you'll want. Once you have that, you can go straight to their website, you don't have to go via the Misplaced Pages library. ] (]) 18:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	{{Resolved}}
	Hi. I recently delete the page I was working on because for some reason it was posted before I was done with it (I'm sure it was somehow a mistake on my end). With that said, I would like to start it again and not have it post till it's finished. Two questions: 1) Is there any way to get the information back from the deleted page? and 2) what should I do to build my page and review it without posting it to the public. Thanks!{{unsigned\|Mwhip0908}}

			= January 20 =
	:Only admins can delete anything. What page are you talking about? ] (]) 13:10, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== Foreign language citation in English articles? ==
	:] was deleted by ] because you requested deletion by placing {{tl\|db-g7}} on the page. I have undeleted it (only administrators can do this) and removed {{tl\|db-g7}}. ] (]) 13:35, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::The page is a user subpage which is the correct place to work on a draft before it becomes part of the encyclopedia. However, it is still visible to everyone at the Misplaced Pages site and userspace pages should not be in categories intended for articles so the categories were removed in . If you want to see which categories the draft is in without listing it in those categories then you can restore the categories but place a colon ':' before the category names like this: <code><nowiki>]</nowiki></code>. That creates a link to ] without placing the page in the category. ] (]) 13:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::People will usually not look at your userspace drafts when they are not in categories, but if you want the content to be invisible to others then you have to make a copy for offline work and request deletion again. You can then only check how it wil look in Misplaced Pages by copying the content into an edit box and use the "Show preview" button without saving. (If you have access to a non-public ] installation then you can also work on it there but templates and other things may give a different appearance from Misplaced Pages). ] (]) 13:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I was reading an English article and was unsatisfied with the amount of information, so I switched it to Spanish (a language I can read) and found a lot more info there. If I wanted to write some of that into the English article for those who can't read Spanish, would it be appropriate to still use the Spanish-language citations? ] (]) 02:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	Thanks for the help! I'll make a copy of my article offline and redelete the page.
			:Hi ]. The sources cited on English Misplaced Pages articles do not have to be written in English themselves. But if you wish to use them here, it is your responsibility to double-check that they actually do support the content you write. Sometimes a ref might be incorrect in one place, and then copied to somewhere else in a way that spreads the mistake even more widely. That happens even in English sources, but copying between different[REDACTED] sites seems to be more prone to it. ] (]) 02:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:If you want to run ] as your own ] for offline editing see ]. --] (]) 19:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:What {{U\|DMacks}} says. Additionally, remember that a lack of information in an English-language article doesn't necessarily reflect a lack of English-language sources; it may instead reflect a lack of energy for looking for those English-language sources that do exist. -- ] (]) 02:42, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Lost Contribution to AfD Discussion ==
			::{{reply-to\|Qqars}} I would encourage the use of the ''trans-title'' parameter when citing a non-English source. ] (]) 06:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	{{Resolved}}
	Once I was happy with my contribution to an AfD discussion, I hit "save" and received an "edit conflict" message saying I could merge my text into that which was presented above, which I did. Turned out an admin had closed the discussion while I was still editing, and my "save" was immediately reverted by another user as having come in too late.

			== Content of a filmography ==
	My comment/vote wouldn't have changed the outcome, but given that there were between 10 and 18 ''other'' AfD discussions initiated on the same day, and that some of them were older than "mine", shouldn't he have gone on to another one, and given me the chance to finish? It was very disappointing to lose two hours work - I wrote carefully, and commented at some length, and I write ''very'' slowly anyway.

			I'm looking at the page of a director and their filmography a number of items described as "documentary installation" which I assume are a form of ]. Do these belong on a filmography? The filmography also contains standard films. Also, this filmography contains a number of short films for which I can find few, if any sources. Do items on a filmography have to be notable? ] (]) 04:12, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	I'm assuming, of course, that he would have seen the same "edit conflict" message, when he hit "save", that I saw myself. If that's not an accurate assumption, well, then nevermind. :-) Thanks, ] (]) 13:46, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:Can you give us a link to the page ? ] (]) 09:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:It is not an accurate assumption. The first person to click "Save page" gets no indication that somebody else may have clicked edit (and possibly Show preview) without saving yet. Many people click edit without ever attempting to save (I often do this just to see the page source) so I don't think a warning system would be practical. ] (]) 13:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			::]. For full disclosure, the IP address that made the recent edits on that page are mine. I only started using this account recently. ] (]) 09:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::I don't know if there are an official policy about cite films that aren't notable in the filmography of someone who is notable. ] (]) 10:17, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			IMO, filmography entries don't have to be notable. I've added shorts lacking articles just for completeness. I'm not so sure about documentary installations, whatever those are. ] (]) 04:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	::Well, then ... nevermind :-)
			==redict ==
	::Btw, do you guys mark a question "resolved" or do I? Don't know how, if it's my responsibility. many thanks, ] (]) 14:07, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			Popular paksitani drama ] has delated because of socks and redirect now drama has full sources, should i unredict or draft? by --] (]) 12:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			:Create draft first, and a reviewer will unredirect it once the draft is accepted into the mainspace. ] (]) 12:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:::It is preferred that the original poster marks as resolved since others don't always know whether the poster is satisfied with the replies. I have marked as resolved. I got an edit conflict with you when trying to save the below but maybe it is still of interest so I save it anyway.
	:::The AfD was 7 days old, the normal age to close AfD's, when you commented in and the outcome looked certain. I understand your frustration but I would not personally have spent a lot of time commenting on an AfD about to be closed with the result I wanted. When making a slow edit that may depend on intermediate edits by others (for example here at the help desk where somebody may reply before me), I sometimes check the page for new edits while investigating and writing my own reply. ] (]) 14:11, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::::''I would not personally have spent a lot of time commenting on an AfD about to be closed with the result I wanted.'' Yes, that would have been silly if I'd known it was about to be closed. Only learned of the 7-day timeframe afterwards; had no idea of the timeframe. Thanks again. ] (]) 14:24, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== Citing CVs? ==
	== How do I add to an existing article please? ==

			For biographies of academics, is their CV considered sufficient to cite for things like editor positions or honors? ] (]) 12:51, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	How do I add to an existing article please?

			:Per ], just because something is on their CV, it shouldn't necessarily be in the WP-article. See also ]. ] (]) 13:07, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	For example, in this existing Misplaced Pages article: 2.HMS Melampus was a fifth rate frigate built in 1785 and sold in 1815 after service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars., I wanted to add a picture of the ship and further detail.
			::This isn't my claim. My question is whether a CV can function as a citation for the kind of information that belongs in an article. ] (]) 13:21, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Hello, @]. Non-independent sources may be cited for certain kinds of information - see ]. They do not contribute to establishing ], and the existence of a source is only one of the considerations which goes into decideing whether a matter should be mentioned in an article or not. ] (]) 15:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::A cite to the website or other publication of the awarding body might be better. That provides a way for readers ro learn about the context of the award, which can be important because sometimes different awards have similar names for various reasons and a CV entry might not use a precise enough wording to prevent confusion. ] (]) 17:22, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Vandal templates on shared IPs ==
	I did log in, and tried to upload an edit, but nothing seems to have happened. Can you help please? <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->

			Hello, I have ] ] with {{tlx\|uw-vandalism4}} after a recent ]. I noticed the talk page is flush with historical warnings, but it seems like users would start back from 1 each time. Am I using the template incorrectly (i.e. since 5 years have passed, just start back at 1)? I was under the impression we use the next template in the sequence from whatever is on the page already (assuming no intermediary intervention/discussion). Perhaps proxy accounts have special status? ] (]) 18:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:When you go to a page, there's a tab named ''edit this page'' at the top. There are edit links next to each section as well. You can click either, change the text in the edit box that comes up, and save. It's basically the same way that you edited this page. You might want to take a look at ] as well. ≈ ] ] ] 14:19, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:Hello, @]. There's not much point in putting warnings on IP talk pages anyway, unless there is evidence that the same person is using that IP for a period. But I certainly don't think there's any point in putting a high-level warning, even if the previous warning was only a couple of weeks ago, because it's unlikely that the same person will see it. (Do IPs even get notified of messages on their talk pages? I don't know). ] (]) 19:31, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Regarding images, see ]. Your quote is from ]. That is an ] for ships and should not contain a lot of details. You can add details to the linked ]. ] (]) 00:33, 20 September 2009 (UTC)
			::Thanks for reply. In future on IP talk pages lacking evidence of same person throughout, I will only increase vandal template warning if within the same month and I won't go higher than 3. (Template has been useful for me in past as quick check if other users have undone edits that didn't get marked 'Reverted' upon fix.) I took this case to ] as all edits appear consistently ]. ] (]) 20:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Name correction ==
	== Template:Infobox GP2 round report ==

			Greetings everyone. How do I correct the name of a person on Misplaced Pages? I am able to edit the body but have not figured out how to change the main page name. Thank you ] (]) 19:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	Hi, I have a little problem with ] template: the question is easy :)

			:Hello, @]. The direct answer to your question is by ] the article. But you should on no account be editing an article about yourself: the most you should do is make a suggestion for change. Please see ]. ] (]) 19:44, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	In this template, there are some items, like Round_No", "Pole_driver" and more. One GP2 round consists of two distinct races ("Feature Race" and "Sprint Race") except ], ] and ]. In these three races, only "Feature" race was held.
			:You may request a page move at ]. Note that Misplaced Pages does not necessarily use legal or official names as article titles, but the most commonly used name, see ].
			:Please read ] before attempting to edit about yourself. ] (]) 19:46, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Thank you for the info! ] (]) 19:59, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			== how to check the status of a pending extended-confirmed-protected edit request ==
	Can you help me?

			Where do I go to check the status of a pending edit request for an extended-confirmed-protected page? ] (]) 21:26, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	'''if''' Date_r2 '''then'''
	"Feature Race" '''and''' "Sprint Race"
	'''else'''
	"Feature Race"

			:You just go back to the page you made the request on to see if it has been edited. ] (]) 21:37, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	Examples:
			::Sorry, where do I find the backlog of protected edit requests to see where one is in the queue? ] (]) 22:01, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	* F and S race: ]
			:::See the list at ]. ] (]) 22:04, 20 January 2025 (UTC)
	* F race: ]
			::::thanks ] (]) 22:08, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

			= January 21 =
	Thanks and sorry for my bad english :) --] (]) 14:08, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			==]==
			Reference number 191 is in red - I have got it all wrong and I get confused. Please repair the damage. I am sorry ] (]) 06:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

			:{{u\|Srbernadette}} Fixed, you had written the year in the access date as "20025". Respectfully, you make this specific error quite often; you probably just hit the zero twice by accident. When this happens the red message says "check date values in accces-date", to identify where exactly the issue is. ] (]) 07:08, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Twinkle ==

			:On the phenomenon of the frequent occurrence of specific kinds of error, {{U\|Srbernadette}}: On 12 October, {{U\|Tenryuu}} ] to you that "you should consider writing down what other editors have been saying so that you have a 'common mistakes made' note that you can reference to the side of whatever device you're using." If you didn't implement that then, perhaps you could implement it now. -- ] (]) 11:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	Twinkle is not working for me, I need help, Friendly is, but Twinkle isn't showing up! Why? ] (]) 14:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:Try asking for advice at ]. They're usually pretty helpful. '''<font face="times new roman">]''']</font> 14:36, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== Whitespace on top of page ==
	I even tried to importScript('User:AzaToth/twinkle.js'); to my monobook, but is still not working!

			The page ] displays a line of whitespace on top of the article. Why is that there, and how can it be removed? ] (]) 08:16, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	:Are you using Internet Explorer? ≈ ] ] ] 14:50, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:Fixed.--'''''] <sup>]</sup>''''' 08:21, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	No way! I use the holy Firefox! (I now that it doesn't work for IE) Nothing seems to work! ] (]) 15:00, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:If I'm correct Twinkle doesn't work for "newish" users. - ]<sup>]</sup> (]) 15:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::{{Facepalm}} Ah... of course! You have to be ]. Programmer101, you'll have to wait for four more days. ≈ ] ] ] 15:29, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			== phone keyboard constantly recentering the screen ==
	::Correct - per ], it only works if you are an ] user - account has to be at least 4 days old with at least 10 edits. So, patience grasshopper... – ] (]) 15:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I am trying to edit pages on my Samsung S22 but opening the keyboard will forcefully recenter the screen every couple seconds, making it impossible to see what I'm typing. Sometimes it closes the keyboard entirely.
	== Check corruption ==

	Please check if there's a virus connected with . I've downloaded it successfully but every time I try to crop it the computer refuses to save the changes and serveral times I had to restart the computer. People who make a living selling pictures and photographs may feel threatened by Misplaced Pages and Wikimedia allowing people to get pictures free without breaking copyright and they may fight us by damaging pictures. I copied the detailed image from Wikimedia, I don't feel like restarting the computer yet again to see if this less detailed image is also corrupted. ] (]) 14:20, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			This problem persists even if I use the "desktop site" option in mobile. I'm using Firefox.
	:The image seems to be fine, and works for me. I'm guessing your computer gets stuck since it's a large image; give it a few seconds and see. ] might be a better place if you are looking for technical stuff on this. ≈ ] ] ] 14:53, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

	~~::I put it to 120px, no problem, what kind of computer do you~~ ~~have~~? ~~Its probably you.~~ ] (]) 14:58, 18 ~~September~~ ~~2009~~ (UTC)		Any solutions? ] (]) 12:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

			:Not had this issue on my A15 (Chrome). Odd. Could you switch to ]? ''']]''' 14:41, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	I've now downloaded the less detailed version and cropped it without trouble, thanks. I have a Compaq laptop that cost about £400, it's intermediate in power and is just a year old. The picture looks fine on my desktop but isn't as detailed as I like. ] (]) 15:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			:I have the same problem with Firefox while using other websites. I think it's Firefox's issue. ] (]) 15:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
			:@], Using Chrome on Android and been through that, but now i am the boss (''feeling so''). Basically i avoid that by going top again. Ok, simply whenever i enter something, that text hide itself and next line appear at top most screen, at that moment i just scroll to top of the screen (''top of the section'') and then again scroll to that particular line, and guess what - no issue. try once.––]<sup>(])(])</sup> 17:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Category history ==
	]

			If you add a category to your watchlist, it notifies you when pages are added to or removed from that category. The category history (View History tab) does not show this information, however, as it only includes changes to the category page itself. How would I see the history of additions/removals for any category (regardless of whether it is on my watchlist)? Is it available? If a category suddenly got bigger or smaller, it would be useful to see which pages had been added or removed. --] (]) 17:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Lupin's Anti-Vandalism tool ==
			: ] is useful for this. ] ] 17:32, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Image ==
	First twinkle, now this! Doesn't work either! ] (]) 15:22, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			While visiting the page ], I noticed this image: . The source says "Facebook" but the link is not accessible: . The image caption states: "Teaser poster of This Must Be the Place"; but a reverse Google Image brings up Pinterest Paper Cuts of similar sayings: . I'm not sure how to put up an image for deletion; but I think this is not what it purports to be. ] (]) 23:24, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	Ok, It works for IE. ] (]) 15:31, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			:Is there another, more stable source (there are usually those that hold images of film posters)? Generally, this would go to ] or ]. But preferably look for one that is ]. <span style="color:#7E790E;">2601AC47</span> (]<big>·</big>]<big>·</big>]) <span style="font-size:80%">Isn't a IP anon</span> 23:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)
	== Casual suggestions ==

			::OK. Thanks. Taking it to ]. This is not a poster for the film ("early" or otherwise). Obviously this was a hoax of some sorts. ] (]) 00:00, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	I don't want to start a subpage. All I wanted to do was make the suggestion "Would somebody please add to the South Australian Wind Farms data a map of their sites." When I clicked on a link that looked as if I could (maybe) do that I got a page that started with "W~ does not have a subpage with the title '....blah...'. Before you create a subpage look at '...urk...' ".

			This was ''much'' harder than I expected. WP does ''not'' make it easy to simply place an image up for requested deletion! Yeesh! I placed the required template on the image page here: , but from there on it's just a big mess. As instructed: and then listed: ; but it does not seem to be correct. I have successfully placed several articles up for AfD but this one threw me. What did I do wrong? TIA. ] (]) 00:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	In desperation I looked at "...urk..." and it is all too flaming complicated (truly urk).
			:{{ping\|Maineartists}} The file is uploaded at the English Misplaced Pages (because it's non-free) and not Commons so a deletion discussion should be here and not at Commons. ] (]) 00:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			::Maineartists, I suggest that you reverse your edits so far and follow the process at ]. ] (]) 01:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Already done. I was only following the advice / directions given above. Guess I should have gone to FfD first. Thank you, ] for linking the process. I had no idea what "so a deletion discussion should be here" meant. Heading there now. This was a first for me. Now I know. ] (]) 01:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			::::{{ping\|Maineartists}} it's confusing if you are not a copyright expert (neither am I). You are more likely to get specialist advice at ]. ] (]) 01:23, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::::Thanks. This one had nothing to do with copyright. The image was not what it purported it to be: . The uploader has a history of uploading questionable images to WP with numerous deletions and violations in their history; without any response on their Talk Page to notifications. The image in question has been removed from the article and successfully placed for FfD. Thanks again. ] (]) 01:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

			::::::The nomination looks fine. Media Copyright Questions is {{tq\|a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions}} so I think this query would have been in scope. ] (]) 01:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	Surely, for us drongos there could be a simple way for the average nit to make such a suggestion? Yes, I realise that I am asking for a basic change in the way that W~ does things but it should be beneficial. There must be many a user who would make a suggestion if there was a simple way to do it.

			= January 22 =
	Please do not come back at me to say that I should create an account and add the data myself because that is the way W~ is structured. I know that but I don't want to because:
	(a) I would have to research it and that is what I came to W~ for in the first place. There must be people out there who know where they are without having to research. It might even be in a Gov. handout which somebody already has.
	(b) At 79 I no longer feel capable, my programming days were 40 years ago when many of you who will read this weren't even into three cornered pants.{{unsigned\|121.217.194.22}}

			== Default alt text for image not appearing in article ==
	:The easiest way to suggest changes is on the talk page of the relevant article. – ] (]) 16:51, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			As you can see I added alt text to the structured data of https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Greenhouse_gas_emission_and_absorption_by_Turkey.svg
	::Which I am going to guess is ]? ---'''''— ]<span style="color:darkblue"> '''''</span><sup>]</sup> 16:55, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:::If you want to add a locator map to an article, check out some examples in ] and ]. These maps are great for any type of article about facilities in multiple locations. If you want to suggest an improvement to an article, see ] and ]. Note that I suggested adding a locator map in ] but I didn't add it to the article proper yet because it would sort of conflict with another map already there. Adding locator maps to Misplaced Pages articles is not too difficult because some other users have already done the heavy lifting to create the templates: {{Tl\|Location map start}}, {{Tl\|Location map marker}}, and {{Tl\|Location map end}}. The main job is to collect the coordinates for all the locations you want to put on the map. For wind farms, these should (eventually) be in the individual wind farm articles on Misplaced Pages. Don't sell yourself short, I'm sure plenty of 79 year old can figure this out. You don't need to create an account to edit Misplaced Pages. --] (]) 18:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::::I put a sample locator map in ] to get the ball rolling. Most of the wind farm coordinates are already in the table in the article, so putting them into a locator map is nothing more than some grunt editing well within the capability of any drongo. Since there are so many wind farms, it might be necessary to create multiple locator maps for the operating and proposed wind farms, in case a single map gets too cluttered. --] (]) 19:08, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			But when I use
	== pictures ==
			https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/easy-checks/image-alt/
			to check
			::https://en.wikipedia.org/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Turkey#Monitoring,_reporting_and_verification
			I cannot see it.

			This is the first time I tried to use default alt text so perhaps I have missed something? ] (]) 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	pictures don't show on my PC
			:I don't think you can add alt text to the image itself (i.e., on commons). Alt text is used in '''an article''' when you add the image. Otherwise all the different Wikipedias would be stuck with the same wording and language for the alt text. ] (]) 07:27, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	are thre any specific program I should have to see them? and thank you <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) 18:12, 18 September 2009</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
			::See ] ] (]) 07:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			:::Also see ]. -- ] (]) 07:44, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

			== i want to post my content in draft ==
	:It may be your browser settings.
	:*If you're using ], go to Edit > Preferences > Content, and make sure that '''Load <u>i</u>mages automatically''' is checked.
	:*In ], Tools > Internet Options > Advanced > Multimedia, and select '''Show pictures'''.
	:BTW, this Help Desk is really only supposed to be for help in using Misplaced Pages - in future, questions such as the above would be better suited for our ]. ∙ ]] 19:37, 18 September 2009 (UTC

	~~:If~~ ~~it's~~ ~~only~~ ~~pictures~~ on Misplaced Pages ~~and~~ ~~other~~ ~~Wikimedia~~ ~~sites~~ ~~that~~ ~~don't~~ ~~show~~ ~~then~~ ~~your~~ ~~browser may have a setting~~ to ~~exclude~~ ~~files stored at http://upload.wikimedia.org or~~ to ~~exclude images which are not stored on~~ the ~~same~~ ~~domain as the viewed page~~. ~~Which browser is it?~~ ] (]) 19:42, 18 ~~September~~ ~~2009~~ (UTC)		I am planning to edit my Misplaced Pages content based on the guidelines, but I am unsure how to move it to the draft space. ] (]) 07:05, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
			:It can simply be moved to the draft space by any autoconfirmed user, which you are. See ], but if you mean your content in ], there's little point moving it to Draft. That draft has already been rejected by ], not just declined, and a rejected draft usually should not be resubmitted. See ] ] (]) 07:21, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Inter-language Links in Coding for the German and French Misplaced Pages Severs. ==
	== Who is watching this article (and other questions) ==

			I know how to write an inter-language link to produce a broken link in an English article to a page that does not exist on the English server, but does exist in a foreign language Misplaced Pages server:
	Is there a way to see who is watching a specific article? The reason I ask is that I am thinking about starting a discussion on an article. How would this be advertised to others that are interested in this article? How would they know that I had started a discussion? Do I need to invite them specifically? How would I contact them to enter into the discussion? thanks ] (]) 18:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			<br>
	:If you make an edit to either the article or the talk pages, anyone who is watching the page will find out on their own so there's no need to contact people. Those watching the article are those who will want to take part most. You can also contact whichever WikiProject(s) the article falls under to try and get other interested parties. People don't usually like mass-messages, so I'd recommend reading ] as well. ~ <font color="#FF0099">Amory</font><font color="#555555"><small> ''(] • ] • ])''</small></font> 18:41, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			<b>French:</b><nowiki>{{ill\|Conann\|lt=Conann\|fr\|Conann (film)}}</nowiki>, i.e. {{ill\|Conann\|lt=Conann\|fr\|Conann (film)}}
	:{{ec}}
			<br>
	:# No. See ].
			<b>German:</b><nowiki>{{ill\|Conann\|lt=Meeples' Choice Award\|de\|Meeples' Choice Award}}</nowiki>, i.e. {{ill\|Conann\|lt=Meeples' Choice Award\|de\|Meeples' Choice Award}}
	:# Use the article's ].
			<br>
	:# If they are watching the article, they will see on their watchlists that you edited its talk page.
			However, I would like to know the reciprocal German and French coding to do the same thing, i.e. link to a Misplaced Pages article that does not exist on that respective language Misplaced Pages server, i.e. the French or German server, but does exist in the English server:
	:# Maybe.
			<br>
	:# If posting to the talk page doesn't get any replies, look at the ] to see who has edited the article, and you can leave messages on their user talk pages.
			<b>French:</b> ?<br>
	:# You're welcome.
			<b>German:</b> ?
	:--] (]) 18:44, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
			<br>
			Does anyone know if such coding exists and whether there are help pages on the French and German server for this coding? ] (]) 08:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

			:{{ping\|SMargan}} you can check the Wikidata item ]. ] exists, but no de equivalent. You could ask at ] whether they have anything similar. ] (]) 09:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	== What is the page Mediawiki:Editwarning being used for? ==
			::{{ping\|SMargan}} Each Misplaced Pages language makes its own policies. The German Misplaced Pages has decided to not allow such links in articles. See ]. ] (]) 10:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

			== Request for Guidance on Article Review ==
	What is the mediawiki page ] being used for? It contains only the two wording 'Edit warning', but it does exist, so must be being used for something..? I only ask because the creation of such a named page forms . Obviously, I don't want to mess with the smooth running of the encyclopedia, so would altering this page have any effect? -- ] (]) 21:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			Hello Team,
	:It be there fer use wi' the ], an' that extension is not used on English Misplaced Pages. ] <small><span style="border: 1px solid; background-color:darkblue;">]]</span></small> 00:59, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

			I have been submitting the article for review for the past three days, but it is still showing as a draft, with no violations indicated on the talk page. Following Misplaced Pages guidelines, I disclosed that this is a paid contribution and added the following statement to my user page:
	== visible wikitext ==
	<div style="margin: 1em;" class="resolved"><span style="border: 1px solid #aaa; background: #f9fcf9; margin-right: .5em; padding: 6px;">] Resolved. </span>{{#if: Fixed. ] 22:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)\|<span style="font-size: 85%;">Fixed. ] 22:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)</span>}}</div>

			''"This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by ZAPTA Technologies on behalf of Nasir Ali for their contributions to Misplaced Pages."''
	I'm not sure how to fix the formatting error at the top of ]. Thanks. ] (]) 21:56, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	:What formatting error? <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"><i>]<b>]</b></i></font> 22:12, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
	::The one ] . ] 22:15, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

			I have published this article without any charges. Could you please advise on the next steps?
	= September 19 =

			Best regards,
	== Unable to upload over images ==

			Mohsin Ali (Taching1989) ] (]) 09:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)
	I'm not sure if anybody else is having this problem, but I am unable to upload over images. I can upload new files perfectly, but am unable to upload new versions of files. The same thing happens at Commons. I didn't have this problem before the Wikimedia software update.

	Here's a screenshot of what I'm talking about. <small><span style="border:2px solid #CC6600;padding:px;">] • ]</span></small> 02:46, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:There seems to be a problem with uploading images like that, as ] kindly pointed out to me. There's a discussion about this at commons: ]. ≈ ] ] ] 03:20, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	::The link should be ]. Misplaced Pages also has a discussion at ]. According to ] a fix has been made but not applied yet. ] (]) 12:07, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== How to user-override MediaWiki messages ==

	Is there a way to replace a MediaWiki message with my own message? In particular, I would like to replace ] with my own version. (Obviously, I have no interest in modifying the real thing; I just want my user to display a different edittools (presumably in some subpage of my user page), in the manner of Monobook.css. ] (]) 03:17, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:] is the non-Javascript version. If you see the version with the dropdown box when you edit, then it is from ]. ---'''''— ]<span style="color:darkblue"> '''''</span><sup>]</sup> 11:45, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== page deleted ==

	The page I submitted was deleted, how do I konw what was wrong with it? It said (G11: Unambiguous advertising or promotion). I don't think it was advertising or promoting. who can tell me what part they thought was wrong??? {{unsigned\|Amandamcarter}}

	:From the looks of the deleted article (as one of Misplaced Pages's admins, I have access to deleted articles), it looks like the primary purpose of the deleted article was to promote a florist shop. It described the products offered and the history of the florist shop to a detail that only an employee or associate of the shop would know, which would lead one to believe that the article was created by someone who was such an employee or associate; as such, it seems that someone who is too closely associated with the shop has created the article (see ]), and such a person would be using Misplaced Pages to promote their shop. Additionally, there is no evidence that the article would even come close to meeting Misplaced Pages's inclusion criteria (See ]), so it does appear that the article was deleted within policy (see ]). --]''''']''''' 05:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:('''e/c''') It did indeed read as fairly blatant advertising stumping for the store. The text read very much as a brochure or website for the company might, listing incentive programs, why it's great and so on and, lo and behold, it ''is the text from website of the company''. As such it was also properly deleted as a blatant copyright infringement of under ] as that external page is clearly marked as copyrighted. If you are the owner of the website you would have to release your copyright under a free license for us to even use this material (see ]). The article additionally does little to set forth the ], which, even if you fix the tone and copyright infringement problems, is a hurdle you would have to pass.--] (]) 05:54, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== no onscreen images in articles ==

	as of 3 days ago, all[REDACTED] articles come up onscreen with no images
	on this desktop computer. no settings were changed. how do i get back the images ? ] (]) 11:32, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:Which browser do you have? Many Firefox users have accidentally right clicked an image and clicked "block images from this server". The image server for Misplaced Pages is http://upload.wikimedia.org. Check if it's in a list of blocked sites. In Firefox it may be something like: Tools > Options - Content - Load images automatically - Exceptions. ] (]) 11:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	==How to...==
	I've noticed the super bowl logo[REDACTED] has is the wrong logo. On the super bowl 44 website the logo is different. The football between the field goal thing on[REDACTED] has the middle line of the football going all the way down while on the website the line doesn't go all the way down. also the logo should be darker. Here is the logo with the white background:

	]

	Sedna10387 11:44, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	:That logo looks the same as the logo displayed on http://www.superbowl44.com. Any differences, if they even exist, are incredibly trivial and it's probably not worth another upload. I think any differences you are seeing is because the currently uploaded logo is of much higher resolution than the one on the website. (Also, I don't think fair use images can be displayed in non-article-space, so I changed the thumbnail into a link.) ] / ] / 12:09, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:I'm not sure which super bowl 44 website you refer to but the big image at http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/44 is http://static.nfl.com/static/site/img/superbowl/44/logo-bottom.png and looks the same to me. ] (]) 12:31, 19 September 2009 (UTC)


	But you have to look at the football! It's a different football. See:

	] (Misplaced Pages's logo) ] (Newer version)

	Sedna10387 16:12, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	:OK, this time you actually linked to what you call the wrong logo and I see the difference. But it's a small difference, a Google image search indicates many sites use the same version as Misplaced Pages (I don't know the origin of that version), and your jpg version has lower image quality than the svg version (] is designed for photos and often give poor quality for drawings). By the way, your ] should link to your user page or user talk page. The easiest way to achieve that is to leave a blank Signature field at ] and uncheck "Sign my name exactly as shown". ] (]) 00:24, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

	== Unable to delete and erroneous wikiproverbs entry ==

	On this page http://www.wikiproverbs.com/index.php/La_fin_justifie_les_moyens. the first translation of the proverb in Polish is incorrect, only the 2nd one should stay (Cel uświęca środki.), but no matter what I do, still both versions remain, I can't remove the incorrect one. Could you point me to the right solution? Thanks in advance.
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	:Your link ends with a period so it requires special formatting to work. works. This help desk is only for Misplaced Pages (and in some cases other ] sites). Wikiproverbs is not a Wikimedia site and I don't know how they operate. ] (]) 12:18, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== cannot open page ==

	Sometimes, not often, when I enter a subject and click on the arrow it goes nowhere. A box comes up which says.....Unknown file type 17.7 KB. Mime Type: application/X-gzip compressed.

	I don't understand why this happens or what can be done to stop it. Do you? Regards, Lee16:55, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
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	:*If you use Internet Explorer, then I think this is a known issue, but there isn't a fix yet. ] / ] / 17:02, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== "Ignore" function ==

	I know why there would not be such a function in respect of articles and their talk pages. However, is it possible to "ignore" specific users' contributions when they appear on a page one has watchlisted? Thus, can I watchlist, say, ] but not have contributions by, say, ] appear on my watchlist? ] (]) 17:24, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	:No, that is not possible. The only options available to you are shown above the watchlist, i.e show/hide logged in users, anons, bots, your own edits, minor edits. ≈ ] ] ] 17:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	::Why would you want to ignore somebody's edits? If you are referring to ignoring your own edits, there is a option for that. <span style="text-shadow:grey 0.3em 0.3em 0.1em; class=texhtml">]]</span> 21:13, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	:You could make a request at ] for someone to make a user script with this functionality for you. <tt>]</tt> (]) 21:40, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== Trubar in Slovene ==

	There is a detailed article about Primoz Trubar in the Slovene language (and of course articles abot him in English and other languages). In am the international coordinator for the Trubar Forum, www.primoztrubar.si, a non-profit organizaion committed to translating Trubar into modern Slovene and other languages. Last year I had made some changes, additions, to reflect the publication of his works in modern Slovene for the first time on the Slovene language page - http://sl.wikipedia.org/Primo%C5%BE_Trubar. They were there for a while, but then disappeared (they remain on he English language page - http://en.wikipedia.org/Primo%C5%BE_Trubar).

	Ever since then this notice comes up when I try to edit:

	Nimate dovoljenja za urejanje te strani, zaradi naslednjega razloga:
	Ta stran je bila zaklenjena za preprečitev urejanja.
	Lahko si ogledujete in kopirate vsebino te stran:

	Rough translation: You don't have permission to edit this page, because of the following reason: This page has been locked for verification of editing. You can look at and copy the content of this page.

	Now the Trubar Forum is publishing the first Slovene book, Trubar's 1550 Catechism, and of course this historic fact should be known. But I can't even add in our website.

	Who has control over this page? How has the authority to lock or unlock it? Was there some complaint? Am I the only one locked out? In the page history, I can see several people have access to making changes to it. On behalf of the Trubar Forum, I ask that we be given access to this page, to adding information about them modernization of Trubar's works.

	Thank you,
	Todd Hunnicutt
	:It means that it was locked because IPs tried to vandalise it. If you leave a message on the talk page, detailing what you want to add, someone with the ability to edit should come along and add it in. Otherwise, you can message an administrator on that wiki and ask them to edit it for you.
	As to it being changed in the first place - are you sure your edits weren't promotional or uncyclopedic? Thay will be removed if they sound inapropriate for an encyclopedia. Cheers, ] 19:14, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	:{{ec}}You should probably ask at the ]. If it is anything like en.wiki, my guess is that the page has been ], probably due to ]. <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"><i>]<b>]</b></i></font> 19:16, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== For movie experts ==

	Movie experts, an editor asked for help ] about ]. I don't feel qualified to respond, so I hope someone could pop over there.--<font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;">]]</font> 19:21, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
	:I'm hardly a "movie expert", but I spotted a few things in the article that could be improved. And there's still more if anyone feels up to it :) <tt>]</tt> (]) 19:43, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

	== How can the title of an article be corrected? ==

	I have contributed to the page about the New York band called Certain General, but the title of the article as it was originally written has the "G" lowercase: Certain general. As a result, links from other wiki pages do not work. How can I fix this on the Certain General page?<small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (] • ]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
	:The page had to be ] to a new title, which I have done. You couldn't so this yourself as your account is not yet ], which requires it to be over four days old and having made a threshold of ten edits. Note also that where a title is at one proper name which doesnlt need to be changes but there exist other names for the subject that are likely to be used in searches (including plausible typos), you can create ] so that those alternate name searches will also reach the correct article. Cheers.--] (]) 23:15, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

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Adding Portals

User is bocked. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:30, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

How to add more Portals? 2toneq (talk) 19:37, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

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January 19

Tracing a comment

Hello, I have a trival WP:RTP hangup. I can't find the source of 63.98.140.237's comment that appears in this page creation, which is sourced from this page. Leaving a message in case any WikiWizards know a quick method to search historical WP other than Special:Search (no result for me other than the copied destination). (Were IP contributions not recorded in Sep '03?) Tule-hog (talk) 02:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Tule-hog: If you click View logs for this page in the page history then it shows a deletion in 2006. As an administrator I can see the deleted edits which include the edit by the IP. BoNoMoJo copy-pasted and redirected Talk:Inductive reasoning in 2003. The copy was later moved back to the original title. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:11, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Answering extended confirmed requests

If a request is too complicated or I'm not familiar enough with the topic, should I respond letting them know this, or should I just ignore the request and wait for (and if) someone else to answer? Wikieditor662 (talk) 05:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Generally best to ignore such requests. When pages are protected, they are often for very good reasons and you don’t want to bypass that protection without good cause. TiggerJay (talk) 05:46, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Vandalism edits

Is there a dedicated AN or other board for requesting deletion of specific edits (not related to personal information, just vandalism)? Would I just go straight to WP:AIV? Asking in context of looking to wipe the ES of a decade old single-edit account's "contribution". Tule-hog (talk) 09:22, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I'm curious as to how you found that edit that's over 11 years old. 331dot (talk) 09:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Testing on that page, but this is just a specific example I had on hand of a question I've had come up before. Tule-hog (talk) 09:29, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

(ec)The edit was blanked shortly after it was made, and there's nothing there that needs a WP:REVDEL. Meters (talk) 09:31, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

REVDEL was what I was failing to recall, thanks. WP:CRD basically addresses my question. Tule-hog (talk) 09:39, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Vandalism simply gets deleted. AIV is for reporting persistent vandals for blocks. Meters (talk) 09:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Short description overridden at Lambda-CDM model

I edited the short description of Lambda-CDM model, but the page continues to show the old short description. What is overriding the explicit short description? rblv (talk) 13:43, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@Rublov: Try WP:PURGE. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Didn't work. rblv (talk) 16:48, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

That's a weird one. The short description that you added is visible to me, but above it is a short description that isn't formatted like anything I've seen before. It has an edit function to its right, which brings up a pop-up editing window. The source for it doesn't appear in the wikitext, so I can't figure out where it's coming from. Schazjmd (talk) 17:04, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

It's because it transcludes the lead section of Axis of evil (cosmology). —Cryptic 17:09, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Well spotted. That was exactly it.

For future reference, putting the short description of Axis of evil (cosmology) in <noinclude> didn't work, but creating a named section excluding the short description and transcluding that at Lambda-CDM model did. rblv (talk) 19:14, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Strange situation in someone's userpage

(I am deliberately not linking to the page in question as this question involves G10/RD2 content)

I have come across a userpage made recently. The person wrote an attack page as their userpage and then blanked it. A check through the history shows no content worth saving. Is it still eligible for G10 or should it be RevDell'ed instead? QwertyForest (talk) 14:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

If you don't want to link to the page, I suggest that you follow WP:REVDELREQUEST and request either G10 or RD2, then the responding admin can decide. TSventon (talk) 15:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I've now resolved the issue. QwertyForest (talk) 06:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Access to ProQuest

Per WP:URLACCESS, "Links inserted by named identifiers are presumed to lie behind a paywall or registration barrier" in which case it should be indicated when there is free access. However, I don't see a URL access indicator for ProQuest. Typically, I'd add ProQuest using the ID parameter and Template:ProQuest. I noticed that the template documentation says "the access status of the linked document is not reflected in the |url-access= parameter", which I assumed meant that there was no way of indicating the access level within the template. I added the parameter to the ProQuest template for the first source cited at Forest 404 and it seems to have worked fine. Did I add it correctly? Is this the correct way to indicate the access level of a ProQuest URL? TipsyElephant (talk) 18:15, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Creating a bot

Let's say I want to create a bot. Initially I would work only within my own userspace, while learning how to do it. I know the basics of programming (cycles, if statements, boolean logic, etc), but where would I add the code to make the account do those automated actions? Cambalachero (talk) 18:20, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Cambalachero. Please see WP:Bots, and the pages linked from there. ColinFine (talk) 21:06, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

I did, I haven't found the info, so I'm asking here Cambalachero (talk) 02:58, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Try Help:Creating a bot. The same policies apply regardless of where you intend to use the bot. Shantavira| 09:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

So my Sandbook is no being targeted for deletion with Malice

Already at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Edward Myer. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:51, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I reported I'm being cyber bullied. by certain admin, and now my sandbox Is being targeted for deletion. Guess my point is proven. Edward Myer (talk) 22:45, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Your sandbox was nominated for speedy deletion because it's duplicating the draft you had restored after the article was deleted. Work on the draft version. Schazjmd (talk) 22:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Tha draft was 9years and would have had to be done from scratch. So I started a fresh more improved article. Edward Myer (talk) 23:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Do it in the Draft:Bruse Wane location. There is no need to make a third draft location; you're already using two. - UtherSRG (talk) 23:36, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

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TWL access to Newspapers.com

I was recently given access to Newspapers.com but I only have the free subscription which means I can't clip pages. Did I do something wrong? TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 22:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

Apparently the user who reviewed was Nikkimaria. TheTechie@enwiki (she/they | talk) 22:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@TheTechie: It has to be processed by Newspapers.com which might take a week or two. Nikkimaria (talk) 22:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)

@TheTechie My application took about 5 working days after it was approved by a WP editor. You'll get an email from newspapers.com and will find that your account there has had the "subscriber" content added, which is the key part you'll want. Once you have that, you can go straight to their website, you don't have to go via the Misplaced Pages library. Mike Turnbull (talk) 18:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

January 20

Foreign language citation in English articles?

I was reading an English article and was unsatisfied with the amount of information, so I switched it to Spanish (a language I can read) and found a lot more info there. If I wanted to write some of that into the English article for those who can't read Spanish, would it be appropriate to still use the Spanish-language citations? Qqars (talk) 02:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Hi Qqars. The sources cited on English Misplaced Pages articles do not have to be written in English themselves. But if you wish to use them here, it is your responsibility to double-check that they actually do support the content you write. Sometimes a ref might be incorrect in one place, and then copied to somewhere else in a way that spreads the mistake even more widely. That happens even in English sources, but copying between different[REDACTED] sites seems to be more prone to it. DMacks (talk) 02:38, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

What DMacks says. Additionally, remember that a lack of information in an English-language article doesn't necessarily reflect a lack of English-language sources; it may instead reflect a lack of energy for looking for those English-language sources that do exist. -- Hoary (talk) 02:42, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

@Qqars: I would encourage the use of the trans-title parameter when citing a non-English source. Fabrickator (talk) 06:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Content of a filmography

I'm looking at the page of a director and their filmography a number of items described as "documentary installation" which I assume are a form of video installation. Do these belong on a filmography? The filmography also contains standard films. Also, this filmography contains a number of short films for which I can find few, if any sources. Do items on a filmography have to be notable? Truthnope (talk) 04:12, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Can you give us a link to the page ? Anatole-berthe (talk) 09:00, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Tina Gharavi. For full disclosure, the IP address that made the recent edits on that page are mine. I only started using this account recently. Truthnope (talk) 09:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't know if there are an official policy about cite films that aren't notable in the filmography of someone who is notable. Anatole-berthe (talk) 10:17, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

IMO, filmography entries don't have to be notable. I've added shorts lacking articles just for completeness. I'm not so sure about documentary installations, whatever those are. Clarityfiend (talk) 04:24, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

redict

Popular paksitani drama Meem Se Mohabbat has delated because of socks and redirect now drama has full sources, should i unredict or draft? by --Sunuraju (talk) 12:34, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Create draft first, and a reviewer will unredirect it once the draft is accepted into the mainspace. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 12:50, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Citing CVs?

For biographies of academics, is their CV considered sufficient to cite for things like editor positions or honors? Mcavoybickford (talk) 12:51, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Per WP:PROPORTION, just because something is on their CV, it shouldn't necessarily be in the WP-article. See also WP:ABOUTSELF. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:07, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

This isn't my claim. My question is whether a CV can function as a citation for the kind of information that belongs in an article. Mcavoybickford (talk) 13:21, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Mcavoybickford. Non-independent sources may be cited for certain kinds of information - see WP:SPS. They do not contribute to establishing notability, and the existence of a source is only one of the considerations which goes into decideing whether a matter should be mentioned in an article or not. ColinFine (talk) 15:23, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

A cite to the website or other publication of the awarding body might be better. That provides a way for readers ro learn about the context of the award, which can be important because sometimes different awards have similar names for various reasons and a CV entry might not use a precise enough wording to prevent confusion. DMacks (talk) 17:22, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Vandal templates on shared IPs

Hello, I have tagged 92.43.71.70 with {{uw-vandalism4}} after a recent unexplained blanking. I noticed the talk page is flush with historical warnings, but it seems like users would start back from 1 each time. Am I using the template incorrectly (i.e. since 5 years have passed, just start back at 1)? I was under the impression we use the next template in the sequence from whatever is on the page already (assuming no intermediary intervention/discussion). Perhaps proxy accounts have special status? Tule-hog (talk) 18:40, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Tule-hog. There's not much point in putting warnings on IP talk pages anyway, unless there is evidence that the same person is using that IP for a period. But I certainly don't think there's any point in putting a high-level warning, even if the previous warning was only a couple of weeks ago, because it's unlikely that the same person will see it. (Do IPs even get notified of messages on their talk pages? I don't know). ColinFine (talk) 19:31, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for reply. In future on IP talk pages lacking evidence of same person throughout, I will only increase vandal template warning if within the same month and I won't go higher than 3. (Template has been useful for me in past as quick check if other users have undone edits that didn't get marked 'Reverted' upon fix.) I took this case to WP:AIV as all edits appear consistently WP:NOTHERE. Tule-hog (talk) 20:53, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Name correction

Greetings everyone. How do I correct the name of a person on Misplaced Pages? I am able to edit the body but have not figured out how to change the main page name. Thank you Aaronlouis1 (talk) 19:33, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Hello, @Aaronlouis1. The direct answer to your question is by moving the article. But you should on no account be editing an article about yourself: the most you should do is make a suggestion for change. Please see WP:AUTOPROB. ColinFine (talk) 19:44, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

You may request a page move at Requested moves. Note that Misplaced Pages does not necessarily use legal or official names as article titles, but the most commonly used name, see WP:COMMONNAME.

Please read WP:AUTO before attempting to edit about yourself. 331dot (talk) 19:46, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Thank you for the info! Aaronlouis1 (talk) 19:59, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

how to check the status of a pending extended-confirmed-protected edit request

Where do I go to check the status of a pending edit request for an extended-confirmed-protected page? Kenfree (talk) 21:26, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

You just go back to the page you made the request on to see if it has been edited. 331dot (talk) 21:37, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

Sorry, where do I find the backlog of protected edit requests to see where one is in the queue? Kenfree (talk) 22:01, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

See the list at Category:Misplaced Pages extended-confirmed-protected edit requests. TSventon (talk) 22:04, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

thanks Kenfree (talk) 22:08, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

January 21

Middleton family

Reference number 191 is in red - I have got it all wrong and I get confused. Please repair the damage. I am sorry Srbernadette (talk) 06:29, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Srbernadette Fixed, you had written the year in the access date as "20025". Respectfully, you make this specific error quite often; you probably just hit the zero twice by accident. When this happens the red message says "check date values in accces-date", to identify where exactly the issue is. 331dot (talk) 07:08, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

On the phenomenon of the frequent occurrence of specific kinds of error, Srbernadette: On 12 October, Tenryuu suggested to you that "you should consider writing down what other editors have been saying so that you have a 'common mistakes made' note that you can reference to the side of whatever device you're using." If you didn't implement that then, perhaps you could implement it now. -- Hoary (talk) 11:09, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Whitespace on top of page

The page Vishwaroopam controversies displays a line of whitespace on top of the article. Why is that there, and how can it be removed? Truthnope (talk) 08:16, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Fixed.--♦IanMacM♦ 08:21, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

phone keyboard constantly recentering the screen

I am trying to edit pages on my Samsung S22 but opening the keyboard will forcefully recenter the screen every couple seconds, making it impossible to see what I'm typing. Sometimes it closes the keyboard entirely.

This problem persists even if I use the "desktop site" option in mobile. I'm using Firefox.

Any solutions? Scuttlebug Jam (talk) 12:17, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Not had this issue on my A15 (Chrome). Odd. Could you switch to Gboard? Jay Cubby 14:41, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

I have the same problem with Firefox while using other websites. I think it's Firefox's issue. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 15:19, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

@Scuttlebug Jam, Using Chrome on Android and been through that, but now i am the boss (feeling so). Basically i avoid that by going top again. Ok, simply whenever i enter something, that text hide itself and next line appear at top most screen, at that moment i just scroll to top of the screen (top of the section) and then again scroll to that particular line, and guess what - no issue. try once.––kemel49 17:01, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Category history

If you add a category to your watchlist, it notifies you when pages are added to or removed from that category. The category history (View History tab) does not show this information, however, as it only includes changes to the category page itself. How would I see the history of additions/removals for any category (regardless of whether it is on my watchlist)? Is it available? If a category suddenly got bigger or smaller, it would be useful to see which pages had been added or removed. --Jameboy (talk) 17:30, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

User:Nardog/CatChangesViewer is useful for this. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:32, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Image

While visiting the page This Must Be the Place (film), I noticed this image: . The source says "Facebook" but the link is not accessible: . The image caption states: "Teaser poster of This Must Be the Place"; but a reverse Google Image brings up Pinterest Paper Cuts of similar sayings: . I'm not sure how to put up an image for deletion; but I think this is not what it purports to be. Maineartists (talk) 23:24, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Is there another, more stable source (there are usually those that hold images of film posters)? Generally, this would go to Files for discussion or Deletion requests on Commons. But preferably look for one that is fair use. 2601AC47 (talk·contribs·my rights) Isn't a IP anon 23:38, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

OK. Thanks. Taking it to Deletion requests on Commons. This is not a poster for the film ("early" or otherwise). Obviously this was a hoax of some sorts. Maineartists (talk) 00:00, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

This was much harder than I expected. WP does not make it easy to simply place an image up for requested deletion! Yeesh! I placed the required template on the image page here: , but from there on it's just a big mess. As instructed: and then listed: ; but it does not seem to be correct. I have successfully placed several articles up for AfD but this one threw me. What did I do wrong? TIA. Maineartists (talk) 00:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: The file is uploaded at the English Misplaced Pages (because it's non-free) and not Commons so a deletion discussion should be here and not at Commons. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Maineartists, I suggest that you reverse your edits so far and follow the process at Misplaced Pages:Files for discussion. TSventon (talk) 01:06, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Already done. I was only following the advice / directions given above. Guess I should have gone to FfD first. Thank you, TSventon for linking the process. I had no idea what "so a deletion discussion should be here" meant. Heading there now. This was a first for me. Now I know. Maineartists (talk) 01:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@Maineartists: it's confusing if you are not a copyright expert (neither am I). You are more likely to get specialist advice at Misplaced Pages:Media copyright questions. TSventon (talk) 01:23, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Thanks. This one had nothing to do with copyright. The image was not what it purported it to be: . The uploader has a history of uploading questionable images to WP with numerous deletions and violations in their history; without any response on their Talk Page to notifications. The image in question has been removed from the article and successfully placed for FfD. Thanks again. Maineartists (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

The nomination looks fine. Media Copyright Questions is a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions so I think this query would have been in scope. TSventon (talk) 01:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

January 22

Default alt text for image not appearing in article

As you can see I added alt text to the structured data of https://commons.wikimedia.org/File:Greenhouse_gas_emission_and_absorption_by_Turkey.svg

But when I use https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/easy-checks/image-alt/ to check

https://en.wikipedia.org/Greenhouse_gas_emissions_by_Turkey#Monitoring,_reporting_and_verification

I cannot see it.

This is the first time I tried to use default alt text so perhaps I have missed something? Chidgk1 (talk) 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

I don't think you can add alt text to the image itself (i.e., on commons). Alt text is used in an article when you add the image. Otherwise all the different Wikipedias would be stuck with the same wording and language for the alt text. Meters (talk) 07:27, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

See MOS:ALT Meters (talk) 07:29, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Also see meta:Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Reading/Alt-Texts and Image Descriptions. -- John of Reading (talk) 07:44, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

i want to post my content in draft

I am planning to edit my Misplaced Pages content based on the guidelines, but I am unsure how to move it to the draft space. Julynoeh (talk) 07:05, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

It can simply be moved to the draft space by any autoconfirmed user, which you are. See WP:MOVE, but if you mean your content in User:Julynoeh/sandbox, there's little point moving it to Draft. That draft has already been rejected by User:Rusalkii, not just declined, and a rejected draft usually should not be resubmitted. See WP:AFCREVIEW Meters (talk) 07:21, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Inter-language Links in Coding for the German and French Misplaced Pages Severs.

I know how to write an inter-language link to produce a broken link in an English article to a page that does not exist on the English server, but does exist in a foreign language Misplaced Pages server:
French:{{ill|Conann|lt=Conann|fr|Conann (film)}}, i.e. Conann
German:{{ill|Conann|lt=Meeples' Choice Award|de|Meeples' Choice Award}}, i.e. Meeples' Choice Award
However, I would like to know the reciprocal German and French coding to do the same thing, i.e. link to a Misplaced Pages article that does not exist on that respective language Misplaced Pages server, i.e. the French or German server, but does exist in the English server:
French: ?
German: ?
Does anyone know if such coding exists and whether there are help pages on the French and German server for this coding? SMargan (talk) 08:55, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@SMargan: you can check the Wikidata item d:Q13606208. fr:Modèle:Lien exists, but no de equivalent. You could ask at de:Misplaced Pages:Fragen zur Misplaced Pages whether they have anything similar. TSventon (talk) 09:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

@SMargan: Each Misplaced Pages language makes its own policies. The German Misplaced Pages has decided to not allow such links in articles. See de:Hilfe:Internationalisierung#Im Text sichtbare Interwiki-Links. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:17, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

Request for Guidance on Article Review

Hello Team,

I have been submitting the article for review for the past three days, but it is still showing as a draft, with no violations indicated on the talk page. Following Misplaced Pages guidelines, I disclosed that this is a paid contribution and added the following statement to my user page:

"This user, in accordance with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, discloses that they have been paid by ZAPTA Technologies on behalf of Nasir Ali for their contributions to Misplaced Pages."

I have published this article without any charges. Could you please advise on the next steps?

Best regards,

Mohsin Ali (Taching1989) Taching1989 (talk) 09:51, 22 January 2025 (UTC)

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