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May 25

Submitting material

How does one add a Wikipedia entry for, say, a new book series or its fictional characters? 92.25.136.63 (talk) 01:59, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Does the book/series meet these guidelines for inclusion? Zanahary (talk) 02:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Fictional characters are notable only when reliable, published sources that are entirely independent of the book, the author and the publisher devote significant attention to the fictional character. Not passing mentions, but delving deeply. Cullen328 (talk) 04:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

I need help from a Wikitable wizard

Hello!
I'm working on Sikidy and want to copy a table from a source. The table has some complicated headers, with some nesting. Would anyone be willing to help me out with them? I can't seem to figure out how to do them. Below are the header rows alone (which in the wikitable I would want to all be shaded dark, as headers are)

Thank you very much! Zanahary (talk) 02:15, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

With visual editing, you'll need to have a 3×5 header, and select the cells to be merged to form the long cells. As for shading, switch to source editing and change "|" of each cell to "!". You can copy the following table:

Tutwakhamoe (talk) 02:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

You are amazing, thank you so much! Zanahary (talk) 03:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Paragraph rendering in VisualEditor as a single template block

The first paragraph of Kangina, when opened in Visual Editor, renders as a single template block. Why is this? Is there a fix? Thanks! Zanahary (talk) 02:53, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

@Zanahary: Fixed by starting a new paragraph of the wikitext in the source editor.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 10:17, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks so much! Zanahary (talk) 19:48, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

What should this article's title be?

Hi there, I want to write an article about Komatsu's surface mining excavators, however, am unsure what to name the article title. The model series starts from PC2000 and goes to PC8000. Why can't I name it Komatsu PC-series excavators? Because all of their other models use the PC prefix, except for their surface mining excavators all models are numbers in the thousands. Any suggestions? Best, X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 05:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

@X750: Komatsu just calls them "Surface mining excavators" at https://www.komatsu.com/en/products/excavators/surface-mining-excavators/. "Komatsu surface mining excavators" has no Google hits but I cannot think of a better name when they have many other excavators with PC numbers. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:06, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

PrimeHunter I was thinking of doing something similar to how nVidia has their GeForce 10 series, because whilst you're right that Komatsu surface mining excavators is a unique term, I'm not entirely comfortable with it being a non-specific term (other companies such as Caterpillar offer surface excavators too), I was thinking something along the lines of "Komatsu PC-xxxx series", with something better in place of the "xxxx" placeholder in the title. Do you kind of understand what I'm getting at? All else fails, I can just fall back on your suggestion. Best, X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 10:41, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

@X750: I don't think "Komatsu surface mining excavators" implies that only Komatsu makes surface mining excavators. I think a PC name for the series should only be used if Komatsu or reliable sources use it. Is it even described as a "series" by anyone? PrimeHunter (talk) 12:32, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

PrimeHunter I'm not sure, I am now more leaning towards your suggestion. Thanks for the input. Best, X750. Spin a yarn? _{Articles I've screwed over?} 07:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

How to upload a photo while editing

I was editing a page related to the Kanker State. I have the ohoto of the last ruler of the state and want to upload it. I am his grandson and it is a family photo owned by me. I am not being able to upload the photo. Please guide/assist. Adityakanker (talk) 06:49, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

See WP:UPIMAGE. The main issue is copyright, because unless you took the photo yourself or had permission from the person who did, it might not be suitable, although it could have a fair use rationale.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:04, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

If you have evidence that the photo was taken before 1929, then it's no longer protected by copyright, and you can upload it to Commons. You'll need to convince them of its date.

If after 1929, then you'll need permission from the current copyright-holder to upload it to Commons. I presume you don't know who that is, so you won't be able to upload it there. But you may be able upload a "fair-use" reduced-resolution version of it here on Englisj-language Wikipedia. Maproom (talk) 11:38, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Contribute content

How to contribute content to wikipedia Sonal Shivagunde (talk) 09:04, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Start with WP:TUTORIAL. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 09:22, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Creating Wikidata from Wikipedia

G'day to all. Is there a way to create a new Wikidata item from a Wikipedia, without going to Wikidata site and "manually" creating a new corresponding item that could then be connected to a newly created wikipedia article ? Thx in advance. ౪ Santa ౪^99° 15:34, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Santasa99, You could try Wikipedia:WE-Framework. Also a bot will probably create an item for a new article eventually. I don't create many items, so manual input works fine for me. TSventon (talk) 17:06, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks TS, I will see what this WE-F is. It would be cool to have this capability to create a wd item from wp immediately after creation of an article, though. ౪ Santa ౪^99° 19:16, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Generally it's only automated to happen on a bit of a delay to avoid vandalism being mirrored to WD IIRC. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 23:15, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

How to indicate that two teams have tied in a Sports Table module.

On my current draft page, at User:Yoblyblob/1985 Niue Soccer Tournament, the two top teams in Division 1 officially tied for a joint championship. Does anyone know how to edit the number to show them both finishing in first? Yoblyblob (Talk) :) 21:24, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Using the Wayback Machine for references

Hello, I haven't created any articles for some time and on my return I had to realise that you've made a major change in regards to what references have to look like. When I checked out if a website I wanted to use as reference was archived, I received the answer I had just archived it myself. But I didn't get that long number that you demand here as part of the archived link. Where is that number? Where do I get it? Do I need to register with the Internet Archive? Please answer to my talk page NordhornerII, thank you. NordhornerII (talk) 22:46, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

Not a complete, or completely apposite, answer, but note that no references have to include a link at all. Links are a bonus convenience for readers, but offline references are perfectly acceptable (a great deal of information has never been put online) so traditional bibliographic (or analagous) details are sufficient.

If the information you want to reference is on a website, (a) is that website a Reliable source, and (b) where did the website get it? The answer to (b) may be a preferable source (if Reliable). A website that is the true original source of information may be Primary, which is also less desirable. Hope this helps. {The poster formelry known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 14:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

May 26

Location Coordination

I created an account for the location coordination contest shown at the top of a page I was referencing. I can no longer see the contest box on that Wikipedia page. Does this mean I’m entered? Goatdonkey (talk) 01:36, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@Goatdonkey: This help desk post is your only edit from this account. Which article did you edit? RudolfRed (talk) 02:07, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I didn’t intend to edit anything. I was just trying to ask a question of Wikipedia. Goatdonkey (talk) 02:16, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Goatdonkey, your question referred to "a page". It would be easier to answer if we knew what page that was, hence RudolfRed's response. Maproom (talk) 08:30, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I was on page for “The Paris Murders” tv program, redirected to the French name of the show. At the top of that page was a banner for a contest running by Wikipedia during the month of May. When I clicked on the contest it indicated I had to join Wikipedia, which I did. When I went back to “The Paris Murder” page the contest banner was no longer there. Thus I apparently can’t take part in the contest. Goatdonkey (talk) 08:45, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Yes, these transient banners that are there when you don't want them but not when you do want them are annoying. Maybe this one was about https://wikilovesearth.org/ ?   Maproom (talk) 09:24, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for replying; very kind. Another contributor has solved the riddle. Goatdonkey (talk) 17:57, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

(edit conflict) @Goatdonkey: I don't know which banners have been used but was it about commons:Commons:Wiki Loves Earth 2024? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:26, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@Goatdonkey: It sounds more like wikidata:Wikidata:Events/Coordinate Me 2024. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:31, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

That is exactly it. I’ve enrolled. Thank you! Goatdonkey (talk) 15:05, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Anne Wignall

Reference numbers 2, 3 and 5 are in red - they appear to be citations that are magazines - can you repair please? Thank you Srbernadette (talk) 07:25, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@Srbernadette: Go to the citations and add the name of the magazine in the |magazine= parameter of {{cite magazine}}. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 08:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Srbernadette We can't fix this for you without knowing the name of the magazine involved. 331dot (talk) 09:29, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Guess: In cite magazine |title=The Tatler |issue=1996 |page=553 |date=27 September 1939, the field "title" mistakenly specifies the magazine title (and the article title remains a mystery). And ditto for the other two references. -- Hoary (talk) 12:13, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Srbernadette It looks like this may be available from British Newspaper Archive. You can use this link to go direct to that issue, but without a subscription, the images are too small/blurry to be legible. Fabrickator (talk) 21:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

How to?

How can this and this and the likes of them be quickly and easily solved/addressed without having to get lost in dozens of so-called help pages in order not to be ignoverseen? I won't read the possible reply (I've already lost enough time) but somebody might take advantage of it. Thanks. Regards. -- 188.76.241.151 (talk) 12:28, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I've made the redirect at Phailinsiam, based on your first comment. My Arabic isn't up to confirming your second comment. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:13, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

They are different types of requests. See Wikipedia:Article wizard/Redirects for how to suggest a redirect without having an account. You can edit Zembretta yourself without an account to mention the planet, with a link to List of proper names of exoplanets where it's mentioned. You could have used Wikipedia:Edit requests if the page had been protected. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:18, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Looking for articles

Just curious. Is there a list of articles under a certain protection level, e.g. '{{Edit fully-protected}}', and where can i find this list if there is one? Garethphua (言) 13:46, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@Garethphua Curiosity notwithstanding, why does this interest you? 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 13:47, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Just maybe if i get the 30/500 permission then i can look for articles as such

Was my e.g. implying something else? Garethphua (言) 13:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

You can search for protected pages on Special:Protectedpages. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 13:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Garethphua (言) 13:52, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Im trying to edit the howden school page and it wont let me do it

I try to change the website and pupil number but it wont work 8ftezivyd1u (talk) 14:53, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

@8ftezivyd1u There seem to be quite a few problems with the article on the Howden School: for example the website address doesn't work and much of the content of the page has no citations. Please don't try to add information unless you can also cite a reliable source for it. I'll take a more detailed look at the article in a moment and you can try editing it again. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:01, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Anne Wignall

Refs number 3, 4 and 6 are all in red, please fix if you can. thanks. 115.70.23.77 (talk) 23:03, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

See the responses four threads above. Deor (talk) 23:39, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

May 27

Anne Wignall

Please help - I keep trying but get it wrong - I read the helpful suggestions from "Hoary" (thanks) but still didn't "get it' - I added in the URLs and then the names of the publications - but it is all wrong. I will take a break from doing this - as I have done in the past. Sorry again. 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:33, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

If it is indeed article XXX within the magazine titled The Sketch, article YYY within the magazine titled The Bystander, and article ZZZ within the magazine titled The Tatler, then what are XXX, YYY and ZZZ respectively? (I mean, what are the actual titles?) If one or more of the three doesn't have anything that can be called a title, please briefly describe it. (And in this message thread, please.) -- Hoary (talk) 04:39, 27 May 2024 (UTC) edited Hoary (talk) 01:34, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Western Heights College

The same problem is seen as above (Anne Wignall) in this article with ref. number 8 - "site journal" - BUT it DOES say "journal" - I don't understand. Please help 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Very obviously, it's not something that appeared/appears within a journal. As a "master plan" for 35 pages of A4, it isn't any of various other things either. It is on the web. Therefore please replace "Cite journal" with "Cite web". -- Hoary (talk) 04:49, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

EDITING WIKIPEDIA ENTRY

I AM TRYING TO UPDATE A WIKIPEDIA ENTRY ABOUT MY HUSBAND WARWICK FYFE AUSTRALIAN OPERA SINGER. IT IS NOT UP TO DATE, BY ABOUT FIVE YEARS. EVERY TIME I TRY TO EDIT THIS, THE BOT UNDOES MY WORK AND WILL NOT LET ME MAKE ACCURATE ALTERATIONS. R.FrancesFyfe (talk) 04:42, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@R.FrancesFyfe: First off, kindly refrain from using all caps as it can be seen as shouting and rude. Second of all, you shouldn't be directly editing an article about a subject with whom you have a conflict of interest. Please disclose that somewhere, preferably on your user page. You may make edit requests on the article's talk page, provided that you have reliable sources that are independent of your husband. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:25, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

What Tenryuu says. The article's talk page is Talk:Warwick Fyfe. And saying that you have reliable sources isn't enough: you must instead specify which of them will verify which of the facts that you want added. -- Hoary (talk) 05:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

HOW TO PUBLISH ARTICLE

Sir/Madam I am write a article of my regiment in wikipedia page. The article has been write and publish but not display in live page and my article still in draft 832LT REGT.PL solution for the same 832LTREGT (talk) 06:17, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

I have added the submit code, however if you submit it will be declined because you have zero independent reliable published sources, you will also need to disclose your conflict of interest. Theroadislong (talk) 06:21, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

The tittle of the "Monolayer-protected cluster molecules" page

Hello. I was advised to ask the matter here in general section. The tittle of the page was changed during the acceptance of the article. We think that the current tittle is not informative. The tittle seems to overlap with already existing tittles such as "Nanocluster" and "Thiolate-protected gold cluster". Furthermore, it is currently ambiguous and not totally aligned with the content. Is it possible to change the tittle to be more informative? We would suggest it to be "The crystal structures of monolayer-protected clusters" or something similar, because the crystal structures are the main focus of the page. Iridium27 (talk) 06:46, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@Iridium27 Technically, pages are retitled by making a WP:MOVE but in this case it does seem worth having a discussion first and the logical place for that is on the Talk Page at the current title, using the process outlined for potentially controversial moves. My suggestion would be to call this a list article, since the text says This article is designed to be a list of known structures of MPCs and most of the content is indeed list-like. We certainly would not give it a title with the first word "The": see WP:DEFINITE. The relevant Project to alert to your discussion is Chemistry, at WT:CHEM. See WP:CANVASS for how to do that. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:29, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

What does #article-section-source-editor mean?

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T323875

I've been seeing this a lot recently in editor's description summaries, but I have no idea what it means Masato.harada (talk) 07:52, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't know this for certain, but I would bet that this is a tag automatically applied when an editor chooses "Edit" on a single section, using the source editor. ColinFine (talk) 10:47, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@Masato.harada Can you provide a link to an example? Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:14, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

This came up on VP/M, the thread is archived at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)/Archive_77#Why_is_"#article-section-source-editor"_appearing_in_edit_summaries?. I'll ask @Xaosflux: and @JTanner (WMF): is they can update us. DuncanHill (talk) 11:17, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Example: Dracula (1931 English-language film), edit made by [[User:193.17.86.145]] on 26 May 2024. Masato.harada (talk) 11:26, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

These can be ignored, they are for technical tracking. The implementation of that will soon be changed from using these less-helpful edit summaries to change tags, see phab:T323875 for technical details. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:01, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello all, this is Amal Ramadan, I am the Movment Communications Specialist supporting the apps team.

The apps team has figured out how to create these tags and has started implementing them, as all the tags can't be done at one time, every two weeks different tags will be added. You are welcome to subscribe to the ticket to stay updated on our progress T360164. ARamadan-WMF (talk) 08:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Silence on template clarification proposal

On May 11, I proposed a change to a label used by the Infobox_musical_artist template, in order to reduce ambiguity and confusion. (Origin => Launch location, with some alternate proposals) No discussion started, so a week later I invited discussion from the WikiProject:Infoboxes talk page. Another nine days have passed, still without discussion.

I'd be fine with a consensus against this change, indicating I was mistaken regarding its overall benefit. But total lack of discussion seems unfortunate, given how any reduction in confusion over a widely used template would provide a great benefit. Could one or more people here take a look, or point to a potentially interested community that should be invited to discuss? Thanks.

Dotyoyo (talk) 10:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

I've added a reply there. I hope that helps start discussion. Feline Hymnic (talk) 11:30, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

This is an issue across the project. It's hard to get people interested in these discussions, but easy to get their criticism after the fact. I would say WP:SILENCE applies. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 17:24, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree. On the Reference and Help desks, if a query has had no reply in over a day, even if I can't give a satisfactory answer I often post something, knowing that others will be motivated to correct or expand on my inadequate response. It often works. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 00:57, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Consensus first

Not an issue for Help desk. Referred elsewhere.

The Sapsby user has been writing for several weeks that the cappuccino was born in Austria. Almost all sources claim that the cappuccino originated in Italy; according to this source,, "Although the name 'Kapuziner' was used in Vienna, the actual cappuccino was invented in Italy, and the name was adapted to become 'Cappuccino.' It was first made in the early 1900a, shortly after the popularization of the espresso machine in 1901. The first record of the cappuccino we have found was in the 1930s.", cappuccino originated in Italy. I don't know what to do anymore; I wrote to him to first reach a consensus on the discussion page, but he continues undaunted. I'm not the only one who advised him to discuss first on the discussion page (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cappuccino&diff=prev&oldid=1223987338). I would also like to talk about Eduadoros; on the bagna càuda page there are many open discussions about the origin, but this user decided to add his information without first reaching a consensus on the discussion page. JacktheBrown (talk) 11:41, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Jack,

Can you go the the "Talk" page. I have written to you several time but you don't answer. Now the version is quite neutral, I don't understand why you still delete all my modifications. It seems that you don't read. there are several points that I would like to change but I am waiting for your response. Eduadoros (talk) 11:53, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

@JackkBrown: Stop changing your edits after someone else has responded to them, as you did here. It's rude and contrary to WP:REDACT. If you really want to alter your text after somebody else has responded, then use {{deltext}} or {{ins}}. And make sure you follow WP:ES when you do so. Bazza 7 (talk) 12:31, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

• This is not a help desk issue. The help desk is for questions about how to edit, not to resolve editing disputes or behavioral issues. The talk page of the article in question or WP:ANI are better suited. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 17:21, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

References

May 28

how to check submission status

Hi there,

I submitted a page a few weeks ago, just wondering how I can find a link to show the draft, or the status of the publishing of this page. Thank you. Loriann.simpson (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Loriann.simpson: If you did, it wasn't on this account, as this is your only edit made. Were you perhaps logged out when writing your draft? —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 01:44, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Loriann.simpson: If you may still have the same IP address then try logging out and clicking Special:MyContributions. Some Internet connections frequenlty change IP address. If you say what it was about then we can try to search for it. New users sometimes miss a step and never save their work so it may be lost. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:34, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Create an article

how do i create a wikipedia article Andrewcliftonpayne (talk) 11:49, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Andrewcliftonpayne Welcome to the help desk. I should warn you that creating an acceptable article is very difficult, but you first need to read Help:Your first article. Shantavira|^{feed me} 12:52, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Andrewcliftonpayne. To add to what Shantaviraj has said: in my experience, editors who try to create an article before they have spent (at least) several weeks learning how Wikipedia works by making improvements to existing articles, generally have a frustrating and miserable experience.

Once you have understood core principles like verifiability, neutral point of view, reliable sources, and notability, then is the time when you can read YFA and try it: or not. Creating articles is not the only, or necessarily the best, way to help improve Wikipedia. ColinFine (talk) 15:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Check it please Hoy Maharaja

Is it prefect to Draft to Public or Not. I think enough sources for a movie. Rinuverse (talk) 14:25, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Rinuverse The Times of India is generally regarded as an unreliable source for entertainment-related articles. @Hardikgogoi I don't think this was quite ready for Mainspace, so how come you re-created it out of the Draft into Main? Qcne (talk) 14:37, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

which is reliable source for entertainment? Rinuverse (talk) 14:39, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

There are many; it's easier to specify which are not on a case-by-case basis: see WP:Verifiability and Wikipedia:Deprecated sources. A specific publication may be reliable for some matters and unreliable for others, and often the matter hinges on precisely what fact one is trying to verify. There is no simple answer. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.1095} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 00:19, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Rinuverse: In addition to what's been posted above, you uploaded as c:File:Hoy Maharaja.jpg to Wikimedia Commons as your "own work". What is your basis for making such a claim? Are you somehow associated with the Cinépolis, the company that distributed the film? Only the orginal copyright holder of the poster can claim it to be their "own work" as explained in c:COM:Own work. If you're not the original copyright holder, you can't upload the file to Commons without copyright holder consent. If you weren't aware of any of this and just made a mistake, then that's OK; the file, however, can't be kept by Commons. If you just made a mistake, you should go to the file's page on Commons, click on "Edit" at the top of the page, add the syntax {{SD|G7}] to the top of the editing window, click on "Show preview" and then click on "Publish changes" if everything looks OK. This will tag the file for speedy deletion per c:COM:CSD#G7. If you don't do this or wait too long to do this, the file will most likely be tagged as a copyright violation by someone else and deleted from Commons. -- Marchjuly (talk) 01:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Jimmy Wales

Jimmy Wales was born on August 7, 1966 or on August 8, 1966? The source reported in the page about him https://www.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2007/07/on_wikipedia_and_its_founders.html says that ""I am 40," Wales replied, adding that the date cited for his birthday on his Wikipedia biography -- Aug. 7, 1966 -- is incorrect". The date of his birth is uncertain. Can you provide some sources on this matter? 2A02:B025:F03:FFA1:1668:F38B:5C4F:DF93 (talk) 18:59, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Talk:Jimmy Wales is the proper place to discuss this. You can also ask him directly at User talk: Jimbo Wales. Cullen328 (talk) 19:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328 Many thanks for your answer. I ask him this question. 2A02:B025:F03:FFA1:1668:F38B:5C4F:DF93 (talk) 19:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@Cullen328 but only autoconfirmed users can edit the page. I can't ask him this question. 2A02:B025:F03:FFA1:1668:F38B:5C4F:DF93 (talk) 19:28, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Try Talk:Jimmy Wales then. Or register an account, make ten edits in four days, and then you can ask directly. Cullen328 (talk) 19:37, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Be aware also that it is entirely possible for Mr Wales to have been born on 8 August UTC (aka Greenwich Mean Time), which this global encyclopedia often uses by default, but 7 August local (Huntsville, Alabama) time, which lags UTC by 6 hours.

The Wikipedia article about him specifically mentions the 7/8th discrepancy in its Section 1: if there were any definitive Reliable source to settle the matter, it would have been used by now. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 00:32, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Kirkheaton, Northumberland

I would like to suggest that the information about the Manor House in Kirkheaton should also refer to the following internet search result. Kirkheaton Manor House (The Gatehouse Record) (gatehouse-gazetteer.info)-see below. This would suggest that the Manor house is NOT a Pele Tower but a Bastle. https://gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/2450.html Would it be possible for someone more capable than myself to amend the information please ? GardeningDave (talk) 19:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, and welcome to the Teahouse. Please raise this question on Talk:Kirkheaton, Northumberland. It is not clear to me whether Gatehouse Gazeteer is what Wikipedia would count as a reliable source - is there editorial control over it, and if so, who by? You can ask for people's judgement on the matter at WP:RSN. ColinFine (talk) 21:07, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@GardeningDave: If you bring this up on Kirkheaton's talk page, you might mention that Grade II* listed buildings in Northumberland characterizes the building as a bastle house. Deor (talk) 23:05, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Editing Deleted

Hello, I was editing The Try Guys page as they recently announced a new cast. I was editing the "Cast" section to include the new cast members with brief bios of each. All of my work was deleted as "not constructive" even though I was pulling the information for the bios from The Try Guys website and other legitimate sources. I was also providing links and citations as I went. I am not sure how this could have been viewed as "not constructive" Citsymtserof (talk) 20:52, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Citsymtserof. Disagreements between editors are a normal part of collaboration in Wikipedia: if you want to pursue this, your recommended course of action is to open a discussion with the editor who reverted you on the article's talk page Talk:The Try Guys. (Make sure you ping the editor, so that they know you've raised the issue). See WP:BRD for how this works.

My guess is that the other editor thought that you were putting too much detail in - we don't normally put extended bios of people in an article about something they were involved in. I may be wrong though. ColinFine (talk) 21:17, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Founding of the Volkswagen company

I try to post 1 interesting fact or ideal or something Dailey most of the public doesn't know. Today I tried about Volkswagen and FB wouldn't let me. Said content owned by someone else. Why? Don't usually have trouble. " IJamie Sheryl (talk) 20:58, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

@IJamie Sheryl: This is the encyclopedia Wikipedia and the above is the only edit by your account. The article Volkswagen hasn't been edited in a week. If you refer to a Wikipedia page then please link it. If FB means Facebook and you refer to Facebook page then we are not affiliated with them. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:19, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Are you talking about Wikipedia, or about Facebook? If Wikipedia, please clarify which article you tried to edit, and what account you were using (this account has only this edit).

If you are not talking about Wikipedia, then we can't help: this is the help desk for Wikipedia, not for anything else. ColinFine (talk) 21:20, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

May 29

LaTex not rendering when using MS-Edge. Local or global?

I've noticed this happens in MSEdge on and off, and there does not appear to be a pattern or obvious (to me anyway) reason. For example, on the page

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

equation (1) appears as

$ E^{2}=(p{\textrm {c}})^{2}+\left(m_{0}{\textrm {c}}^{2}\right)^{2}\, $

I tried different "tricks" in the editor, but nothing appears to work. Chrome and Firefox do not have this problem (this is probably also true for other html readers, but have not checked.

I would like to know if anyone else experiences this, or is it some problem I have locally? thanks Joe wiki eds (talk) 00:16, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Joe wiki eds: It renders without problems for me using legacy vector skin and Edge browser on Windows 10. RudolfRed (talk) 01:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

It works for me. Is SVG selected under "Math" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering? PrimeHunter (talk) 02:11, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

How can I get my accounts back

take back what is rightfully mine Retodo471 (talk) 03:33, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

How can I stop my personal information from being sold on the dark web

leaked data Retodo471 (talk) 03:36, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Hi Retodo471, this help desk is for questions about using or editing Wikipedia, and isn't a general Q&A board. Are you referring to a Wikipedia account? If so, could you provide the name of the account? If this is not about Wikipedia, you would likely be better helped by searching the internet or asking these questions on a website designed for Q&A. Tollens (talk) 03:40, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Retodo471, I read here that you are: a developer product testing and feedback marketing research working with area 51 and fortknox [sic] top secret navel [sic] base and the CIA and FBI and local law enforcement along with my advertising ID. With that level and variety of expertise, and those security clearances, I'm confident that you'll be able to retrieve your accounts yourself. -- Hoary (talk) 07:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Edit Dutch pages

Hi, I have an account on en.wiki.. and am trying to turn it into a global account so I can edit nl.wiki.. pages because I am a native Dutch speaker and writer. It does not seem to work.. what should I do in.order to be able to edit nl.wiki pages?

Thanks, Koen Kmlinders (talk) 09:47, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

According to a comment here, you may need to disable any browser option which says "Block third party cookies". Another suggestion I have seen is to explicitly log out (that is a link which, for me, appears at the top, right of any page). Then log in again. If that doesn't help and there is no better advice here, ask again at WP:VPT. Johnuniq (talk) 10:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Referring to a young person who's the subject of an article ...

I'm editing an article on the young soon-to-be-canonized saint Carlo Acutis. He was only a teenager when he died. Throughout the article, he is referred to as Acutis. Somehow it seems to me that because of his youth, it would be more natural to refer to him as Carlo instead and I'd like to make that change article-wide.

What guidance is there on this sort of thing in Wikipedia? Augnablik (talk) 10:59, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Augnablik the manual of style guidance is at MOS:SURNAME. TSventon (talk) 11:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, @TSventon, for such a quick resolution! Apparently even children are referred to by surname unless members of the same family are also involved in the same discussion. I wouldn't have expected that. Augnablik (talk) 11:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Augnablik if you are interested in the reasons for the current guidance you could search for "children" in the talk page archives. The issue was discussed here in 2017. TSventon (talk) 11:35, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Put in more information in the "Paul Wesley" article under personal life

Hello,

I would like for your editors to put in this information in the personal life section with Paul Wesley:

"Wesley has been in a relationship with the Brazilian/German model Natalie Kuckenburg since 2023, February."

//Lazar B SaintHeihachi (talk) 11:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@SaintHeihachi: Do you have a reliable source for that? That is also something you should be putting at Talk:Paul Wesley. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 12:26, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

have editor proofread and approve edits

Hello. I have been editing information for Gerard Karam. I have made edits, such as changed Arts to Science, in Education. Also added more details in bio. They revert back to original. Received email to ask editor to approve edits. When editing, don't see how to do that. PALEGALSECGMK (talk) 13:31, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

 Courtesy link: Gerard Karam

The edits were reverted because the additions were not supported by inline sources. Even if what you have added is true, we can't include it on Wikipedia unless other people (readers and editors) can verify the information with published sources. Reconrabbit 13:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Uploading new logo

Dear Wikipedia,

I am trying to upload another logo to the Armada Music Wikipedia page because it still has the old logo right now. They have changed their logo for a couple of years now, so I want to fix that. Now that I am trying to upload the logo Wikipedia says it's copyrighted. How am I able to upload the new logo to Wikipedia if I don't have the copyright, because now the information on the page is wrong? Madstew (talk) 13:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Logos are one of the cases when non-free images are frequently used in articles. Please see WP:LOGO for how to do it.

Far more significant than the logo is the poor quality of the sourcing: I'm not sure that even one of the sources meets the triple requirement of being reliable, independent, and containing significant coverage of the subject. Without several such sources, the label will not meet Wikipedia's criteria for notability. ColinFine (talk) 14:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Noel Ashman bio removed

Hi - I am trying to get Noel Ashman's page "unsalted" - apparently it was removed/taken down, after some contributors had added false information to it. Would you please direct me to what I need to do to return his previous page that can be added back to wikipedia. Ashmanassistant (talk) 13:51, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

The biography wasn't deleted because of 'false information'. It has however been deleted, repeatedly, because evidence that Ashman meets our notability guideline has not been provided: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noel Ashman, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Noel Ashman (2nd nomination) and Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Noel_Ashman_(3rd_nomination). Unsalting will require evidence that the guideline can if fact be met, through significant in-depth coverage in published reliable sources. I suggest you start by finding them, and linking them here. And please note that if you are indeed Ashman's assistant, you will be required to conform to the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guidelines. AndyTheGrump (talk) 14:03, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Nakba

good afternoon.

With relation to the'Nakba' how can someone call it Ethnic Cleansing when the Arab league attacked Israel? This is misinformation and should be changed for legal reasons to prevent more racial hatred. We need to state facts correctly. 1 million jews ethnically cleansed from Morocco to Iran is a correct statement, The Christian population of Lebanon being massacred is ethnic cleansing, 1 million Greeks displaced from Turkey in 1923 is ethnic cleansing. Andy bandy24 (talk) 14:21, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Accidentally removed a talk page

In trying to request a move for [[The Mall Luton]] I ended up accidentally remove the whole talk page's history *facepalm*. If someone could help by restoring it. Editing anything other than page text is a bit out of my comfort zone so apologies Bobster1001 (talk) 14:54, 29 May 2024 (UTC)