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April 5

Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer

Ref number 4 is in red and looks wrong to me - I did not do this edit. 123.2.36.6 (talk) 04:08, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

The red there does not indicate an error, it's just what's called a "redlink". The name of the publication is given as London Speaker Bureau, with a link to a Misplaced Pages article about the Bureau, though no such article has yet been written. Maproom (talk) 07:24, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

• There was such an article, but it was deleted. See: Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/London Speaker Bureau. -Arch dude (talk) 15:15, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Antoine Salvanh

Hi,

I've got lost in this page translated from French with the mingling of 2 models {{Ref}} and {{break}} . "Remark 1 and Remark 2" in the text. End result : the text doesn't appear in the References section.

I've tried various combinations but couldn't find the right one. Could someone please work it out? Thanks in advance. LouisAlain (talk) 08:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@LouisAlain: I have replaced the </br> before the 2nd 'remark' with a <ref> tag. The 2nd inst. now appears in the refs. Please say if this has not fixed things. Thanks. Eagleash (talk) 10:14, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

It has! that's what was needed. Thank you very much. LouisAlain (talk) 10:18, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages error message

I recieved this today but I have never ever used your site for editing anything .

  April 2015

Hello, and welcome to Misplaced Pages. This is a message letting you know that one or more of your recent edits to Batman (military) has been undone by an automated computer program called ClueBot NG.

ClueBot NG makes very few mistakes, but it does happen. If you believe the change you made was constructive, please read about it, report it here, remove this message from your talk page, and then make the edit again. For help, take a look at the introduction. The following is the log entry regarding this message: Batman (military) was changed by 118.210.73.120 (u) (t) ANN scored at 0.970784 on 2015-04-09T00:30:10+00:00 . Thank you. ClueBot NG (talk) 00:30, 9 April 2015 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.210.73.120 (talk)

Hello, that message was three yesars ago. IP addresses (which Misplaced Pages uses to identify anonymous editors) can change frequently... sometimes even on a daily basis. Your provider will allocate an IP address each time you log on. The best way to avoid seeing messages intended for other people is to create an account, which is simple to do, is free, you can still remain anonymous via your username and will allow greater editing privileges. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 10:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: The original poster here did not edit Misplaced Pages and presumably does not intend to do so. So I am not sure suggesting to create an account or reminding that talk page posts must be signed is of great value.

I cannot see in ClueBot's BRFA that notification of IPs has been discussed, so I am going to ask the operators if that behavior is (1) deliberate and (2) uncontroversial. Tigraan 15:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

2018 Mountain West Conference football season

In the 2018 NCAA football navbox it's still red link the article was accepted late last night but can you change the link to blue. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:40BD:D18B:1EC0:549E (talk) 13:31, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Could you please give us a wikilink to the page which has the redlink? There isn't a page called 2018 NCAA football or 2018 NCAA football navbox. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:29, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I guess you refer to Template:2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season navbox. The link in the template page to 2018 Mountain West Conference football season is currently blue. Articles using the template are cached and can take time to detect the article exists. A purge of an article will update it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:40, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

You may also find that a redlink was because the article was created with incorrect capitalisation of its title. I have moved the article from 2018 Mountain West Conference Football season to 2018 Mountain West Conference football season. If you find an unexpected redlink you ought to check where it is pointing and check the title of the article in question. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:38, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Removing tag about missing references and article deletion

I have added references but the message still appears: 'This article is about a living person and appears to have no references. All biographies of living people must have at least one source that supports at least one statement made about the person in the article. If no reliable references are found and added within a seven-day grace period, this article may be deleted. This is an important policy to help prevent the retention of incorrect material. Please note that adding reliable sources is all that is required to prevent the scheduled deletion of this article. For help on inserting references, see referencing for beginners or ask at the help desk. Once the article has at least one reliable source, you may remove this tag.' How do I get rid of it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kasialewis (talk • contribs) 13:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kasialewis: You edit the source to remove the template at the top of the page. Please ensure that the refs you have added corroborate the content, that they are reliable and note that the article can still be proposed for deletion by another method if appropriate. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 13:59, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kasialewis: On the assumption that this relates to Charles Alexander Pasternak, please see WP:REFB for a guide to correctly adding references. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 14:03, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

page protection

Is it possible to apply both semi-protection and pending changes protection on the same page? L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Yes, for admins, the two options on the "page protection" page are handled with two different drop downs, so it is technically feasible to apply both types of protection at the same time; because of the way "pending changes" works here, however, I don't believe it has any practical effect, since we only have the option for PC level 1, which only affects non-autoconfirmed users. Within the software are the capabilities for more fine-tuning of protections, such that it could make a difference, but the way we have options enabled here at en.wikipedia, it has little practical effect. I believe if you sent the expiry dates to different times, it would have the minor effect of blocking all non-AC edits for a time, then falling back to PC protection after that date, but I don't know how often that option is used. So, in summary, yes it is technically feasible, but the way the kinds of protection are used here at en.wikipedia, it is of little practical value to do so. --Jayron32 15:20, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Wrong photo

Search Beatriz Manz: The photo provided by Misplaced Pages is that of Beatrice Forbes Manz with her publications. How can that be corrected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.5.198.181 (talk) 16:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Misplaced Pages" to indicate that particular text was copied from Misplaced Pages. An image and other text before or after the Misplaced Pages excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Misplaced Pages. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. The same feedback facility is also provided on Bing and some other search engines. --ColinFine (talk) 17:28, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Salted articles

Is there a list of salted articles? Or only admins have access to this? --Jamez42 (talk) 17:44, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Your link has a link to Special:Protectedtitles which can be seen by everybody. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:21, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Table images

I've been working on List of Wales international footballers today but I'm experiencing an issue with adding images alongside the table. For some reason, they're overlapping the table and I'm not sure why. I was basing the table on List of France international footballers and I've tried comparing the two to see what I'm doing wrong but no luck. Is anyone able to point out why they are overlapping? Kosack (talk) 20:29, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kosack: The table on List of Wales international footballers has a notes column in the table that the France table does not have. Your best option would wither be to resize the image within the page so that it appears smaller or get rid of the notes column and present the information in a different place. Template:Efn would probably be one of the best alternative options considering there are only 5 notes and 100 rows. TheDoctorWho (talk) 20:45, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

I just tried that and the problem was still persisting, the image just overlaps the end column even with the notes section removed. Kosack (talk) 20:57, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Kosack: Page rendering depends on browser, window size, zoom and other factors. I don't see an issue in Firefox but sometimes in Opera which appears to be confused by the second image being wider than the first. I removed some unnecessary column widths. This solves it for me in Opera at my normal settings but the problem returns in a narrow window. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:04, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

When the browser does layouting, it can only account for the first floating element (image) next to the table. Therefore, if images following it are wider than that first element, they might overlap with the table. It's one of the quirks of the web standards. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 06:55, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Magazine as citation

Hello everyone. I have an article on a magazine that I could use as a citation on an article, but since magazines don't have serial numbers like books, how could I use it as a citation? Thanks. Gidev the Dood 23:54, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

@Gidev: Please see Template:Cite magazine. Eagleash (talk) 00:11, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@Eagleash: Thank you a lot! :) Gidev the Dood 15:34, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

April 6

How does one change the title of a listing?

The Wiki for Grace University Lutheran Church in Minneapolis is essential correct, except that the overall title of the page reflects the OLD name of the congregation, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church. The name was changed in the 1990's. I am a member of that congregation and am trying to get the name of the article changed in order to accurately direct people seeking information on our congregation. Thank you.

Gordon Folke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gordon.folke (talk • contribs) 00:43, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi Gordon.folke, I can see from the official page that the church has been renamed, so moved the page for you to the correct name. NZFC 00:53, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Barbara Kiefer Lewalski

I'm attempting to make constructive edits to this page. Various warnings appear when I attempt to publish my changes. I am told that my edits will not be saved. Forgetting that I am communicating with a machine, I keep trying to "trick" the system into saving my edits. My last warning referred to me as a possible SPAMMER, which I am not. I give up.72.129.236.61 (talk) 09:01, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I have saved your edit. It contained a url which happened to match a pattern used to prevent edits by an abusive user. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:37, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

I made an edit to a page on Misplaced Pages and was reverted.

I made an edit to a page on Misplaced Pages and my edit was reverted. In my opinion, there are editors at your organization that have a political, rather than a factual, viewpoint. This matters to me, a lot. I will no longer regard your organization as anything other than the ROTW, you are politically motivated and false. I will no longer support you with donations or regard your columns as truthful. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.117.77.85 (talk • contribs)

Sadly it is the encyclopedia anyone can edit - including you. Legacypac (talk) 09:39, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

This is the encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, but accusations of bias are not helpful. Editors here hold a variety of opinions. The way to avoid having edits reverted is to provide WP:Reliable sources for any changes. Dbfirs 06:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

This is a help desk. We can't help you if you don't tell us what the article was, so that we can see whether you have a legitimate concern, or if there was a misunderstanding. What was the article? ==Orange Mike | Talk 16:29, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

regarding page publishing

Dear Sir Greetings !!! Today i have create a page for our online portal name as collegedakhila.com., for publishing but it is declined. I want to know that what is reason of behind declined. and also I want to know how i make my company page on Misplaced Pages.

Thanks

with Best Regards

Mahesh Gautam collegedakhila.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gautammahe (talk • contribs) 10:50, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

• @Gautammahe: as written in the "decline" template on User:Gautammahe/sandbox, the draft you submitted is almost empty (only a title and section headers). However, if you intended to submit what you have written on your user page (at User:Gautammahe), I strongly suggest you reconsider. Misplaced Pages is not for promoting you, your company or your interests, and there is no appearance that this portal is "notable" (which is the criterion we use to decide to have an article on Misplaced Pages). Tigraan 11:31, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

copyright photos

Hi!

I am extremely lost on how to a) prove that an image you are posting has no copyright and b)if it did, then how do you release it to the public domain and then subsequently prove that you did that.

I keep getting images deleted after I upload them even though they don't have copyrights.

Thank you!! Theaann (talk) 14:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

• @Theaann: The rule of thumb is that you should only post images that you took/created yourself, or images that were explicitly released under a free license (not necessarily "public domain" though). If you posted an image you created to a website, you will need to post a compatible license on that website (so that we can be sure that you actually control the contents there and you are not just lying and stealing pictures). See Misplaced Pages:Donating copyrighted materials, in particular the "Granting us permission to copy material already online" section.

I suspect that you are making quite an incorrect assumption when you talk about images that don't have copyrights. By default, pretty much everything falls under copyright (there are a few exceptions such as the threshold of originality but let's ignore them), even if it does not have a copyright notice. That is the case is pretty much every country on Earth. If you think that's stupid, lobby your politicians to have that rule changed, but don't ignore it on Misplaced Pages. Tigraan 16:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

The Great Depression > Causes > Heterodox Theories_Causes_>_Heterodox_Theories-April_6-2018-04-06T14:10:00.000Z">

According to Rothbard, government support for failed enterprises and keeping wages above their market values actually prolonged the Depression. Hayek, unlike Rothbard, believed since the '1970s', along with the monetarists, that the Federal Reserve further contributed to the problems of the Depression.

I believe this was intended to say 1870's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.179.165.129 (talk) 14:10, 6 April 2018 (UTC)_Causes_>_Heterodox_Theories"> _Causes_>_Heterodox_Theories">

• Since the Great Depression started in 1929 and Friedrich Hayek was born in 1899, your belief is certainly incorrect. Tigraan 16:45, 6 April 2018 (UTC)
• The sentence in question is ambiguous and needs to be re-worded. I speculate that the OP is correct. "believed since the '70's" could mean either that the believer (Hayek) started believing it in the '70's, or that the believer thinks the effect started in the '70's. I do not know enough about deprssion historiography to have an informed opinion, but I cannot think of any reason an editor would put "believed since the 1970's" in the body of a sentence that is has a ref that has a publication date. I'll go look again. -Arch dude (talk) 19:14, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

IP editing on userpages

I'm a bit curious about this page history, where there is an IP edit. I tried to edit my user page with my IP, but I couldn't. Is there some sort of edit filter that was recently added? L293D (☎ • ✎) 18:52, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@L293D: What error message do you get when trying to edit your user page while logged out? RudolfRed (talk) 18:56, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: This: This edit has been prevented either because you attempted to add or remove from a userpage other than the one associated with your account, or because unregistered and new editors can not modify other editors' userpages. If you would like to contact this editor, you may do so at the editor's talk page. If this is your userpage, please log in to edit your userpage.. L293D (☎ • ✎) 19:02, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

@L293D: See Misplaced Pages:Requests_for_comment/Protect_user_pages_by_default. Looks like editing restrictions went into effect in late 2016. The edit you found must have happened just prior to the change. RudolfRed (talk) 19:08, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

April 7

coord in text request

Hi,

I'd like to edit a Misplaced Pages article. I want the text to read as follows;

"Four months after extensive repairs, the ship became beached close to Pittwater Road at Collaroy on January 20th 1881"

where "close to Pittwater Road" is a link to the location 33°43′59″S 151°18′12″E / 33.733033°S 151.303365°E / -33.733033; 151.303365

In other words, I'd like the link text to be coloured blue, and with a click, it would take the reader to the location information on another screen. This would be a better look than a series of latitude and longitude number co-ordinates.

This request is not a high priority. But any assistance you can offer would be appreciated.

The article is SS Collaroy

kind regards, Peter Filikovalo (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)FilikovaloFilikovalo (talk) 03:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

I'd like to add a further suggestion: that the sentence in question be reworded. Presently it suggests that the location was already called "Collaroy" when the SS Collaroy beached there. I don't know whether Pittswater Road then existed and was already so named, but obviously Collaroy didn't/wasn't.

My proposal: "Four months after extensive repairs, the ship became beached close to the future location of Pittwater Road, in an area then part of Narrabeen that would later be named Collaroy, on January 20th 1881."

If Pittswater Road was already present and so named, the first italicised section can be omitted. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.218.14.51 (talk) 09:04, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Filikovalo. I'm not familiar with using coordinates. I looked at the template {{coord}}, and found that it has a parameter "name=", which I thought would do; but that only adds the name to a map. I suspect that what you are wanting to do is not a good idea (because if a user sees a blue link they will expect it to go to a page about the place, not just coordinates) but others may disagree. I suggest you ask the experts at WT:WikiProject Geographical coordinates. --ColinFine (talk) 19:19, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Sorting foreign titles

Do we have any guideline on sorting foreign titles, e.g., would La Strada go under L or S? I'm asking because of the page List of Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-ray releases, which has some going one way and some going the other. I want to make it consistent. It seems to me that foreign titles should go under their articles/determiners, since we can't expect English readers to always know which words mean "The" in every other language, but if we have a policy on this I'll follow that. I couldn't find one, though.—Chowbok ☠ 03:37, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

WP:SORTKEY is about category sorting but I guess it should also be applied here. Point 3 says foreign language articles should also be skipped. For example, La Strada has {{DEFAULTSORT:Strada}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Autoblock

I can't edit anymore. When I hit publish, I get the message "Your IP address has been blocked automatically, because it was used by a blocked user." Huh? I have no idea why this happened or what to do. I was working on DAB pages.Vmavanti (talk) 04:22, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Vmavanti, you obviously can edit because you posted the above, you just need to make sure you're logged in Jimfbleak - talk to me? 12:07, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

User:Jamal Johnson (Actor)

Hello,

I recently created an account for wikipedia for my client Jamal Johnson who is an actor. I noticed that when I added the content on his page and published it, the heading reads User:Jamal Johnson (Actor)

How do I remove the word (User) next to his name so that it reads Jamal Johnson (Actor)?

How do I add his photo and information to the right of the page like how it is displayed on many actors wiki pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamal Johnson (Actor) (talk • contribs) 04:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is not free advertising, and user pages are for describing activities on Misplaced Pages, not self-promotion, so I've deleted that user page. Please read WP:YFA. Note that any article must have independent verifiable sources to enable us to verify the facts and show that it meets the notability guidelines. Sources that are not acceptable include those linked to the him or his company, press releases, YouTube, IMDB, social media and other sites that can be self-edited, blogs, websites of unknown or non-reliable provenance, and sites that are just reporting what the he claims or interviewing him.

You have an obvious conflict of interest and you must declare it. Since you work directly or indirectly for him, you are very strongly discouraged from attempting to write an article at all. At best, any proposed article creation should be submitted through the articles for creation process, rather than directly. Furthermore, you are required by the Wikimedia Terms of Use to disclose your employer, client and affiliation. You can post such a mandatory disclosure to your user page at User:Jamal Johnson (Actor). The template {{Paid}} can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form: {{paid|user=Jamal Johnson (Actor)|employer=InsertName|client=InsertName}}. If you are being compensated, please provide the required disclosure. Note that editing with a COI is discouraged, but permitted as long as it is declared. Concealing a COI can lead to a block. Jimfbleak - talk to me? 05:52, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

If the actor is notable, then isn't there a problem with a user name that pretends to be that actor (even if you have permission)? WP:IMPERSONATE says "Do not edit under a name that is likely to imply that you are (or are related to) a specific, identifiable person, unless it is your real name." Dbfirs 06:21, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Why are you allowing editors to mention caste of celebrities in their page

Who gave them the right to mention a person caste on their Misplaced Pages page It is illegal and against our laws in India I sincerely and kindly request you to take action on the person kleoske who edited my relative Dharmavarapu subrahmanyam's page regarding caste and also the details given by him are wrong He was not born in that place ananthapur reported by that editor He was born in prakasam district And I kindly request you to remove the caste mention. Please remove such editors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barishtarparvateesam (talk • contribs) 09:32, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages is hosted in the United States, and is not bound by the laws of other countries. To the best of my knowledge, we have never had a rule encouraging or discouraging the addition of caste information in any article; and in the case of, for example, dalit activists, such information might be almost obligatory for completeness of an article.

However, any Misplaced Pages page must be written with the greatest care and attention to verifiability, neutrality, and avoidance of original research. If you are concerned about the accuracy or appropriateness of biographical material on Misplaced Pages, report problems at the biographies of living persons noticeboard. --Orange Mike | Talk 17:25, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

How to add images in a Misplaced Pages page?

Hi Guys,

I am new to Misplaced Pages. I would like to know how can I upload images on Misplaced Pages articles?Gangasagar Vishwakarma (talk) 10:26, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi, Gangasagar Vishwakarma - you can upload images to Wikimedia Commons with the Upload Wizard. To include them in Misplaced Pages articles once uploaded, you can use ], or any valid variation of such code. Hope this helps, Stormy clouds (talk) 21:00, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

children and grandchildren repeatedly removed from the Wikepedia page on Alzira Peirce

Alzira Peirce (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Hello,

My mother Kathleen Swoboda and myself grandchild Ava Swoboda have been removed numerous times from Alzira Peirce's page. My mother's father was Alzira Peirce's 2nd husband Chuck Albaugh. Is there any way to keep this information intact? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.38.0.75 (talk) 13:48, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, when has this happened, there do not seem to be changes in the reecent editing history? Having said that, it is usual practice to only name relatives if they are deemed to be separately notable in the Misplaced Pages sense. I.e. they pass WP:GNG or the the notability guide for their particular field and thus are also the subject of a Misplaced Pages article. Eagleash (talk) 14:02, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Right wing politics vs Left wing politics

You show “ Left wing politics “ as “good” , making everything fair & even . Making things better. Even a nice positive quote from a man I never heard of , but obviously favorable to the socialist left. Also no where to be found is the term “far left”. On the other hand lots of people & media outlets & organizations are referred to as “far right “. “Right wing politics “ is explained as “bad” unfair , Heiarchy system , Top down capitalism which is painted as bad & unfair & anti immigration , I am “right wing” I am a Christian conservative who supports immigration but NOT ILLEGALIMMIGRATION , not open borders . I / we support lower taxation, less Big Government Contol of the citizens, liberty & freedom, I/we tend to believe in God as opposed to Left who look to Government as there God . We support school choice, pro life, 2nd amendment to bear arms . Our top down capitalistic country has produced such wealth we are able to feed take care of & protect all your left leaning countries that are poor & corrupt ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.220.146 (talk) 15:05, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello; if you have issues you wish to raise in respect of a particular article please start a discussion at the talk page of that article. You are free to make constructive changes to Misplaced Pages articles but you must cite reliable sources for any changes you make or wish to see made and also maintain a neutral point of view. Misplaced Pages reports on what has been written about a subject in reliable independent sources... it does not (or should not) express any 'point of view'. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 15:20, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

• (EC)Do you have a question about using or editing Misplaced Pages? If so, this is the place. Your statement does not appear to be such a question. There are about 5.6 million articles here. If you have an issue with a specific statement on a specific article, Please raise that issue on that article's talk page. For example, if you see a place where "left" should be replaced by "far left", and you can find a reliable source that agrees with you, then say so in a new talk page section, and after discussion, change the article. Misplaced Pages has been edited by millions of independent editors, and more than 100,000 edit in any given month, all with no overall co-ordination. It would appear that, on average, their position is to the "left" of yours. These editors are English-speakers from all over the world. Most objective analysts perceive the US as being rather far to the right, -Arch dude (talk) 15:36, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Creating a book

How do I create a new book? Barrie Segall — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barriesegall (talk • contribs) 16:06, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

• Do you mean a "book" of Misplaced Pages articles in PDF format? If so, start by clicking the "create book" link in the left column of any Misplaced Pages page. But first, you may wish to read Help:book. Note that the "book" creator is undergoing an upgrade. You can either wait for that, or follow read about the alternatives in the help page. -Arch dude (talk) 16:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Recent Update to Page

Hi guys,

I recently made some long overdue edits to the wiki page for my town and as of yet they have not taken effect.

I was wondering when these changes will show up as the wiki entry is the first point of information for tourists to the town and as it stands is quite out dated.

Looking forward to hearing from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 000davek000 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

Those edits were quickly reverted, with the reverting editor commenting, "overtly promotional and guidebook style content. (Misplaced Pages is not the Lonely Planet)". Articles must maintain the requisite neutral point of view towards the subject matter, and terms like "picturesque" (from your first sentence) have no place here. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:51, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

000davek000, Misplaced Pages is also not the place to advertise local tourist sites as you did by providing inline external links to various businesses, parks, etc. We concentrate on the factual here. Not the sensationalistic. Your edits might be more welcome at Wikivoyage. Though, since I don't visit that site or edit it, you may want to look through their site policies before posting there. †dismas†| 17:41, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

List of ongoing conflicts - Colombia

Hello!

Something went wrong with the list of ongoing armed conflicts (Colombia to be precise) and now it's filled with red text saying i did something wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucky to be me (talk • contribs) 22:58, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

It's not you Lucky to be me: a formatting error was introduced by an IP user in this edit, and then made much worse by another IP user in this one. I tried to fix the obvious problem in the second one, but it is still not right, so I reverted my edit. It needs somebody to sit down and work out exactly how the templates and refs are nested. --ColinFine (talk) 23:40, 7 April 2018 (UTC)

@Lucky to be me: I fixed them, though I still want to figure out how to group them and look thorugh the revision history to see if I removed anything. LittlePuppers (talk) 02:37, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Thanks a lot for the help guys! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucky to be me (talk • contribs) 09:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

April 8

Negative information

Hi, This is in reference to the information on your website about 'Yadav' community. It has a lot of negative sense attached to ut when explaining the history abd important personnel belonging to it. 'Krishna' is considered as one of the gods who played an important role in our history. He is mentioned to be a mere cow herder. Just read about everything. If not in favour of it should be neutral to any reader. They were kshatriyas from beginning as you can read from the following explaination. They were "lowered down to kshatriyas, still your site explains against it. I think its a biased explaination by person who has tgeir own perspective or is just a person affect ed by stereotyping. "During the Mahabharata times the Yadavs were the Kshatriya descendants of Yadu, the eldest son of King Yayati of Khandavaprastha. Owing to certain circumstances, Yayati forbade his son Yadu from becoming the king, and nominated his youngest son Kuru to rule the Kingdom instead. This excluded the Yadu descendants from calling themselves as Kings and lowered their status amongst the Kshatriyas.

Of Yadu's sons there was one called Vrishni, whose descendant was Vasudeva, whose son is known as Lord Krishna Vasudeva( the founder/ king of Dwaraka). Technically the Yadavs were chieftains but not proper kings, not even Ugrasena of Mathura, Krishna's maternal grandfather.

While the Yadava descendants were not considered as kings by the others, the yadavas had marriage alliances with a lot of Kshatriya families. Kunti, Krishna's aunt was married to the Kaurava King Pandu; Krishna was married to Princess Rukmini; Krishna's uncle Kamsa was married to the princesses of Magadha, the daughters of Jarasandh"

Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.112.13.76 (talk) 05:21, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

The proper place to discuss this is on the talk page Talk:Yadav. The passage you are objecting to is clearly marked as the view of one scholar, from an article in Contributions to Indian Sociology. You are welcome to suggest edits as long as they are backed by reliable published sources. --ColinFine (talk) 09:58, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

How to put in a removal proposal for a redirect?

Yesterday I created the article about the Nokia 7 Plus. However, there is still a redirect from Nokia 7 plus (note the small p!) to HMD Global#Products. Now that a separate article exists, how can I request removal of the redirect? Thanks. Jumpbackupagain (talk) 06:42, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Why not just redirect it to your article? Clarityfiend (talk) 06:53, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Misplaced Pages user regularly nominates multiple articles for deletion, therefore opening numerous single discussions

A wikipedia author (I prefer not to mention his/her name) regularly requests numerous articles to be deleted, providing they are not notable enough. I left a friendly message on the talk page which was instantly deleted by the user. I know that the user has a history of edit wars with many other users. What can I do? Thank you. Stephreef (talk) 08:08, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Well Stephreef, you've informed them, they've removed your message, which means they've read it. Give them time to correct their course. And then, again attempt to communicate with them if the issue continues (assuming there was an issue in the first place; I do notice that at least one of the recent AfDs, where you and they have commented, seems perfectly fine). Nevertheless, if you feel that in the future any editor continues disruptive nominations and doesn't respond despite multiple attempts to converse with them, you can open up a discussion at ANI. Or come back here for more guidance. Warmly, Lourdes 13:54, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

How to adjust a picture in an automatic infobox?

Hi! This is actually a Basque WP query (on this article), but I should think it works the same for EN WP, except for the name of the image parameter (= irudia). How can I adjust an oversized image in the infobox to a regular size when using automatic infobox? I know a pipe (|) added inside the automatic infobox can add valid parameters, but I have not managed to adjust the size so far. Thank you Iñaki LL (talk) 08:45, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

The used infobox template eu:Txantiloi:Biografia infotaula automatikoa sets the width to 260px with no option to change it. You can add an optional |image_size= parameter (or whatever it's called in Basque) by changing the first three 260px to {{{image_size|260px}}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:37, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I tested that, but no effect so far. I do not know either how to convert EN parameters to EU. Iñaki LL (talk) 11:01, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: All you did was change 260px to 220px. Enter my code exactly as displayed here, or with any translation of image_size. The name only has to match between the infobox template and the call in the article, e.g. {{Biografia infotaula automatikoa|image_size=150px}}. The template is semi-protected so I cannot fix it myself. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:22, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

Where you changed 260 to 220, this:

{{{irudiaren_tamaina|220}}} – I put 'image size' into google translate and got irudiaren tamaina so that may not be quite right

like this:

] → ]

repeat for the other two. Then:

{{Biografia infotaula automatikoa|irudiaren_tamaina=150px}}

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:28, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

I think I tried both ways, as you PrimeHunter and you Trappist the monk explained, see this, still I did not see a result. I may have been clumsy, as I am indeed on syntax stuff, but how is the association between the eu expression "irudiaren tamaina" and the parameter "image size" done? I added {{{irudiaren_tamaina|220}}}px]] and modified the picture's size in the target article, but did not deliver. Iñaki LL (talk) 14:44, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Iñaki LL: I see your template edit was reverted, maybe because you caused confusion by writing irudiaren_tamaina in the template but irudiaren tamaina in the documentation and article. Spaces and underscores cannot be switched in parameter names so the article failed to change the size even before the template was reverted. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:49, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

It may have been reverted due to also reducing all image sizes from 260 to 220. Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:52, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

In the template you put "irudiaren_tamaina" (with an underscore), in the article "irudiaren tamaina"; I think all should be fixed now? Galobtter (pingó mió) 14:52, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

O, it was reverted because the administrator thinks according to the explanation page I changed myself (I think I added it on the wrong page) that I had an option to just add "irudiaren tamaina" on the target article, and it is not exactly that, right? Will remove the underscores on the template and see how it goes. Iñaki LL (talk) 15:03, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Ah. Iñaki LL already did that (removing underscores), like I said, everything should be fixed; the article looks correct Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:04, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Galobtter The thing is that, despite my {{{irudiaren_tamaina|220}}}px]] copy-paste above, it does not have underscores, see here, so both the target article and the template show the same parameters with the same spelling as far as my understanding goes, but no change in the picture. Iñaki LL (talk) 15:15, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

As far as I can see, the image is indeed smaller as you'd like it to be; both places don't have underscores and it works. Galobtter (pingó mió) 15:22, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Good, actually, it seems to work now! Maybe there has been some confusion with the timing of the messages. The help is so appreciated! Iñaki LL (talk) 15:24, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

(edit conflict)

Because two editors have removed the underscores. See the edit history. You might want to change |image2= to use |irudiaren tamaina2=.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:25, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Links to Google drive, office.live, etc

• drive.google.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com
• office.live.com: Linksearch en (insource) - meta - de - fr - simple - wikt:en - wikt:fr • Spamcheck • MER-C X-wiki • gs • Reports: Links on en - COIBot - COIBot-Local • Discussions: tracked - advanced - RSN • COIBot-Link, Local, & XWiki Reports - Misplaced Pages: en - fr - de • Google: search • meta • Domain: domaintools • AboutUs.com

I can't find anything dealing specifically with such links, but it seems obvious that they are rarely if ever a good idea. There's no reason to think they will be stable, they aren't archived, and they may contain copyvio. I've found an editor adding them and my last removal was reverted, but I don't know what policy or guideline I can quote. One example is ] this where the editor changed an old office.live link he'd added to a Google drive one. @Hoary and Beetstra: I found you two discussing the general issue, any comments? Thanks. Doug Weller talk 12:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I would think WP:ELNO #16 - not expected to stay stable. I am indeed also not sure whether this is good material to link to, that document could be anything, contain anything and vandalism of the link is only detectable by following it and looking at the (possibly compromised) material. I wonder if you could even host a re-directing document (WP:ELNEVER) on this. I guess this would be a good question on WT:EL. I've never given it much thought, but I would not be opposed to blanket blacklisting this. --Dirk Beetstra 12:38, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Beetstra: Thanks, but I decided not to go to EL because it's used as a source at times making it a more general question. Office.live.com has a few uses as a source. Doug Weller talk 12:47, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Doug Weller: I reacted because of the example you gave, where it is EL(-like). I do however think that as a reference it suffers the same type of problem (with a part of them possibly being copyvio material). And as a reference, they have the same problem as ELs - being unstable and possibly false bait (WP:REFSPAM-like). --Dirk Beetstra 14:02, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Categories, e.g. American botanists - "from/active in"

Would John Carey (botanist) be classified under both "Category:19th-century American botanists" and "Category:19th-century British botanists"? These types of categories are described as, e.g., "botanists from/active in the United States." He was from London but primarily botanized in the US. --14:05, 8 April 2018 (UTC)Chickenflicker (talk)

Template: 2018–19 NHL season by team

Can you put the 2018-19 NHL season by team template move it from red to blue do it now please. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:28C0:2BD4:ED5A:7F36 (talk) 14:30, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Sandra Orlow

http://celebridadesfemeninas.blogspot.it/2015/07/sandra-orlow-es-de-las-que-tiene-una.html?m=1

How old are? --151.49.116.0 (talk) 14:36, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

inter wikis categories.

Hi,

Please, could someone clearly (I'm not a native English speaker) explain to me how to create links to other wiki categories such as en:Category:People from Argentan to fr:Catégorie:Naissance à Argentan? and many, many other categories (I've met hundreds in this case). The fr. Wiki does it automatically which doesn't seem the case here. Thanks in advance for your help. LouisAlain (talk) 14:40, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Stuck in Source Edit

I was just trying out the various editing features in my sandbox–I'm new–and for some odd reason, my editing window is not allowing my to switch back to Visual edit mode. I'm not sure if this is a common issue, but what can I do to re-enable the visual edit option? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bwrite New Mind (talk • contribs) 14:47, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

@Bwrite New Mind: It may depend on your browser and settings but the source editor usually has a pencil icon at the top right of the edit box to switch to VisualEditor. It's only there in namespaces where VisualEditor works, e.g. articles and user sandboxes. At Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing you can choose which edit links to display on pages but the pencil icon should not depend on preferences. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:55, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Cant work out how to login to wp from a mobile

I am user:Penbat and cannot work out how to login to wikipedia from my Samsung Galaxy S8 and then to check my watchlist. I cannot find a login or logoff option anywhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Penbat (talk • contribs)

@Penbat: If you use the mobile version of the website then look for a menu icon with three horizontal lines at the top left. Such an icon is a menu in many sites. You can also try using the desktop version of the site by clicking "Desktop" at the bottom, but it may be poorly suited to a small screen. If you use an Android app for Misplaced Pages then I don't know how it works or whether it implements login. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:00, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Autosomal Dominant Disorders Page

Under the list of Autosomal Dominant Disorders, Achondroplasia should be added as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.214.170.60 (talk) 17:34, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

• Thanks for letting us know. In general, you are free to edit the article yourself. If you are not comfortable doing that or if there is any liklihood that hte edit is controversial, it's best to make this sort of suggestion on the article's talk page instead. Also in general, you need to supply a "reliable source" (see WP:RS). In a case like this (adding an article link to an article that is a list) this may not be strictly necessary. -Arch dude (talk) 18:14, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Help about table editing stuff

This revision of the Apple Watch comparison has the back, screen, case and band with materials in one column yet separated, while the latest revision separates the back, screen ,case, and band separated from materials (can't explain it properly so sorry if you don't understand, I think you'll see it). Please tell me, how do I fix it? Thank you in advance. ITSQUIETUPTOWN talk • contribs 17:48, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Content Relating to Nicole Lapin

Good morning:

On behalf of Ms. Nicole Lapin, and after exhausting all viable inquiries into this matter, I wanted to reach out for some guidance.

A section titled "Controversy" on Ms. Lapin's page seems to have received quite a bit of attention. Ms. Lapin consulted with me just a few short days ago and I had no previous knowledge of the history of this section (and the edits made) until I was guided by user ToBeFree. User ToBeFree has suggested that I include the following links to provide the proper history of this matter:

https://en.wikipedia.org/Talk:Nicole_Lapin#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/User_talk:ToBeFree#Nicole_Lapin:_Controversy

Despite ToBeFree's decision to remove the content after our discussion, two specific users have since been very insistent on re-adding the information to Ms. Lapin's page.

Notably, the user posting under a numeric IP address (linked to Lanigan & Associates PC) has had at least a 3-month history with Ms. Lapin's page. We kindly request your guidance on whether this user's insight, in light of the extensive history, can be considered objective. Indeed, after the other user Blackbelt whitetails decided to move the content under another header most recently, it seems the numeric IP user restored the information under "Controversy."

We kindly request that this matter is looked into.

Thank you in advance for your time and cooperation.

Most respectfully,

Eyal Aharonov, Esq. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aharonovlaw (talk • contribs) 18:44, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Deleted Misplaced Pages Page

Hi, this is regarding a deleted wikipedia page by the name of Chakresh Kumar. I tried to republish it but the page was deleted again. Please provide me the info on how I can republish the same page without any issue. I am a new editor here on wikipedia and trying to learn the rules here. Sanjeev22mannan (talk) 19:17, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Hello, Sanjeev22mannan. Chakresh Kumar was deleted after a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Articles for deletion/Chakresh Kumar on 14 March 2018. It was deletd for lack of notability, not fulfilling the criteria at our guideline on biographies, nor the general notability guideline, and for being ]. If you have additional information and sources which you think could establish the notability of Kumar, you could ask for permission to recreate this article at deletion review. But befote asking, please read Misplaced Pages's Golden Rule and the guidelines linked above. DES _{DESiegel Contribs} 19:51, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

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