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May 7

Editing

I am trying to update and clean up the page for the company I work for, but my edits are quickly being reverted back and I am being sent messages from a moderator for "disruptive behavior". How do I make these edits? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bevois (talk • contribs) 02:54, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

If you work for the company, you have a conflict of interest and should not be editing the article. You can request changes on the article's talk page. Subjects of articles do not own the article, Wikipedia's community does. Ian.thomson (talk) 03:01, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

I believe that the edits Bevois was making were not disruptive, and were justified. I have said so on the article's talk page. Maproom (talk) 08:17, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Each of the reversions is tagged "Unexplained removal of content". Have you tried not calling attention to yourself by removing whole sections of the article? —Tamfang (talk) 08:19, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Bevois's most recent removal had the (accurate and relevant) edit summary "This information is not about the RFA.". It was nevertheless reverted by Oshwah with the edit summary "Unexplained removal of content". Maproom (talk) 09:18, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Referencing errors on Medici Chapel

Reference help requested. When I edited the Medici Chapel page I wasn't sure how to add a reference correctly. And when I did add one I didn't do it right and it caused a broken reference name. So, I was wondering how do I fix this? Thanks, SaraShindollar (talk) 03:37, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

The problem was that you tried to use a named reference after the {{reflist}} template. You didn't need to add the reference again to that "References" section as it was already in the "Notes" section where the {{reflist}} template was called. - David Biddulph (talk) 04:06, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Company Details in Wikipedia

hoe to add my company details in wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by Avinash Eazeetec (talk • contribs) 05:20, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not really a business directory. HighInBC 05:26, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

I'd put it a little more strongly: Wikipedia is really not a business directory. —Tamfang (talk) 08:12, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Correct. Wikipedia is not a directory. FTFY, HighInBC ;-) ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 09:29, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Come back tomorrow night, we're going to do fractions.

Is N⁄D meant to have a slash? I don't see one. I do see a bar in N/D. —Tamfang (talk) 07:21, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

@Tamfang: The template outputs the HTML code ⁄. I do see a slash. This may be browser-dependent; I'm using Windows 10 and Firefox 46.0.1 -- John of Reading (talk) 07:54, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Ditto the preceding, FWIW. I've used {{frac}} a couple of times and intended to use it whenever I see a fraction. If that's not universally supported (or at least supported by the four or five major browsers), the template should be deprecated or modified to accomplish this a different way. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:02, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Hm, when I look at the HTML I see <span class="frac nowrap">^N⁄_D</span> — that's apparently a ⁄ but it vanishes. Something odd in the CSS of my chosen skin, i guess. —Tamfang (talk) 08:09, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

@Tamfang: Do you see the slash here? ^N⁄_D - That's <sup>N</sup>&frasl;<sub>D</sub>. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:18, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Or, here? ^N⁄_D - <sup>N</sup>&#8260;<sub>D</sub> ―Mandruss ☎ 08:25, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

No, neither. —Tamfang (talk) 08:42, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

If you think it's a skin difference, you could switch to Vector temporarily. And this is looking more like a case for WP:VPT; I don't see it as something too trivial to pursue and resolve. ―Mandruss ☎ 08:36, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Okay, I took the question over there. —Tamfang (talk) 09:00, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Having tried all four skins (ha ha), I see the slash – whether in the macro or in Mandruss's more naked examples – only in Cologne Blue. (Firefox, MacOS.) —Tamfang (talk) 08:50, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

The Picture Here and a Contribution Offer

I thought that I would contribute this to the page for Edward Warner Heston. I already have it posted on one of my web pages so it can be accessed here: http://sungraffix.net/QuantumnIrridator/Links-Heston%20Ansestry/Obituary%20of%20Edward%20Heston-Large.html It is his obituary from the Saturday Evening Post, Feb. 21, 1824. My sister, Cindy, has the original hanging on her wall at home. I took a photo of it. We are descended from Edward Heston. Also, I could be wrong but we thought the picture you have there is of Zebulon Heston - 1670-1720, his father who migrated here from Heston, England. I will look some more, but I don't see a way to know who created the page or how to contact them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrheston (talk • contribs) 08:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

This is about Edward W. Heston. As a related person, you are discouraged from editing the article yourself, but I don't see that as a serious issue. If you cite that obituary in the article, you should do it something like this. The article has had over a dozen contributors, but most of the recent work on it has been by User:DeerJerky. Maproom (talk) 08:27, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Unusual Articles

I saw a program on TV that among other topics talked about "Wikipedia,Unusual Articles".

Hoe does one access that page?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.66.31.173 (talk) 14:11, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

WP:Unusual Articles. ThePlatypusofDoom (Talk) 14:13, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Mistake on List of terrorist incidents, January–June 2016#External links

There is a mistake on this pagina, at the end of the page. Can anyone fix it? Elizabeth'94 (talk) 17:27, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

 Done Thanks! - NQ (talk) 17:35, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Re positioning of picture and English pages for Spanish entries.

Hello,

We've created a page (James Mercer, diplomat) and we would like the following changes to the page.

The picture to be moved directly below the 'Early Life' section, above the career section.

I'd also like the Spanish information on the page to be translated into English (or English pages made for the Spanish entries) please. There is more information I'd like to edit for those Spanish pages.

Many thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moreinfos (talk • contribs) 18:26, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Dreux winegrowers

Good evening, I have just put in the sandbox the English version of an article about Dreux winegrowers and craftsmen ecomuseum (that's 40 km away from Chartres). I have got various references to add but I don't know how to insert them (wikipedia in English is a bit difficult for me). Many thanks in advance to any volunteer who could tell me if the article can be accepted. If it is the case I'll try to manage the technical part of it! ;) Best regards. K.Lafont (talk) 18:37, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Anyone who helps will want to know what references you have. I suggest you add a list of them, in any format you like, in French if you prefer, to your sandbox. Also, where is the French Wikipedia article? I have been unable to find it. This link fr:Ecomusée des vignerons et des artisans drouais will also help any volunteer. Maproom (talk) 18:57, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Good afternoon and thanks for answering. Yes, you have found the right article in French. I'll try to manage to add the references in the sandbox. Best regards. 88.188.7.78 (talk) 12:57, 14 May 2016 (UTC)

Why can't this german picture be used on en-wp?

How come the image "Bild:DisplayBeleuchtungsArten.jpg" on German wikipedia (de-wp) can't be used on en-wp? The description mentions something about "CC-by-sa 2.0/de". Bytesock (talk) 20:18, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

@Bytesock: Images that are saved directly to other Wikipedias cannot be used on the English Wikipedia. The only way images can be used is if they are saved directly to enwiki or to Wikimedia Commons. Since the image is licensed under a free use license I have moved the image to Commons. You can now access it from File:DisplayBeleuchtungsArten.jpg and you should be able to use it now on enwiki pages. --Majora (talk) 21:14, 7 May 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I have now inserted the picture on en-wp. Bytesock (talk) 22:52, 7 May 2016 (UTC)