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March 25[edit]

Christian Darnton[edit]

Ref number 6. This is a foreign book - I tried and failed to list it as a TRANSLATED book. Are you able to do this please - i.e. translate the title into English and leave in the quote, publisher, page number etc in the citation? Thank you very much 202.7.233.243 (talk) 00:46, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If that is the title of the book you leave it as is. Don't translate it. Citations should match the work being cited. If you change the title the citation wouldn't match and wouldn't be correct. --Majora (talk) 03:54, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unified login makes ja.wiki editor have (essentially) the same name as me[edit]

I'm a little concerned that the Japanese Wikipedia editor Hijiri (talk · contribs) might be confused with me. Most people who know me on talk pages drop the "88" from my name, meaning that they are calling me by the other user's name.

There's no bad faith impersonation involved: they've had the name longer than I have, and have only recently re-emerged, on both enwiki and jawiki, following an absence that predated my adoption of the name, and I didn't know they existed until just now.

I know it's nothing to lose sleep over, but what do we normally do in these situations?

Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 01:16, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(The reason I mention unified login is that I'm pretty sure in the old days what would have happened is I would have requested a name-change on ja.wiki and Hijiri would have requested a name-change here. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 02:19, 25 March 2017 (UTC) )[reply]

Have you tried discussing it with the editor? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 06:45, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Nihonjoe: He/She is not very active (on any Wikimedia project), and so is considerably less likely to know the answer to my question than Help Desk watchers. Hijiri 88 (聖やや) 07:22, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think the suggestion is that the matter be discussed with the other editor to reach some agreement as to the use of the name. I.e. one of you might agree to change it. Eagleash (talk) 07:43, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest raising the matter on their talk page. If there's no response for a month or so, then I wouldn't worry about it. Perhaps put a note on your user page indicating that editor is not you, just in case someone decides it might be. You can then point them to this discussion about it, too, if needed. If they aren't active, they can't really be forced to change their name in most cases. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 07:49, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If you're really concerned, you can bring it up over on Meta. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 07:51, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

We have 50 million accounts. I wouldn't worry about it unless you notice actual confusion like posts meant for you on the wrong talk page, or you being called Hijiri in discussions where the real Hijiri participates. There are hundreds or thousands of "numbered accounts" starting with many common names, e.g. Special:ListUsers/James0. Some of them don't even display the number in their signature. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:35, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You can just put {{distinguish|User:Hijiri}} on your userpage (and the analogous template on your ja.wp userpage); that should be enough. Similar names happen by accident (see User:NE2 and User:N2e, for example), and the disambiguation template should work to resolve confusion. Nyttend (talk) 23:53, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

slogan = a catch phrase like "Home Of The Whopper"[edit]

I just went to your site to add to an article about a sushi restaurant in NYC. did it work? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ronmaccloskey (talk • contribs) 13:28, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Ronmaccloskey: Special:Contributions/Ronmaccloskey shows this question is your only edit. If you edited an article without logging in then we cannot see it without knowing the article name. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:58, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

How to translate an infobox template[edit]

As my first contribution, I started translating the Campus Biotech page to French. The original one contains an infobox laboratory template, which I would like to include in the translation. The template doesn't seem to exist yet in French, but does have other existing translations (e.g. Русский, Simple English, Svenska, etc). How should I go about starting a translation of that template?

Edit: I found the beginning of an answer at the French Infobox help page, but the process looks convoluted. Is there a better way? Pi percent (talk) 15:19, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Pi percent: Wikipedia languages are edited independently and often have different templates. It's difficult to create an infobox template. If you want an infobox in the French article then I suggest looking for a similar existing infobox template. Template:Infobox laboratory says "{{Infobox laboratory}} closely resembles {{Infobox university}}". The latter has a French version at fr:Modèle:Infobox Université where you can maybe find acceptable parameters. Or try something in fr:Catégorie:Modèle infobox organisation like fr:Modèle:Infobox Centre de recherche. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:53, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where is there a list for where Wikipedia rates specific pages if they are repeatable?[edit]

Hi, I was wondering if their was a page on Wikipedia that rated the reliability of websites. (Cass) 17:23 UTC 25 March 2017

Hi Cassini127. Are you talking about the reliability of websites for use as sources on Wikipedia? There's not really an objective way to rate reliability, since there are many factors that influence it. There is a guideline page here though, and if the reliability of a source is questionable you can post on the reliable sources noticeboard. Howicus (Did I mess up?) 17:26, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

deaths-march 25 2017[edit]

Wrong dates for birth and death of Piers,Dixon, He passed away at 88. Dates read 1970-1974, I'm not too familiar with this gentlemen, but, I don't think he was 4. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:72B0:2D00:D572:1BBA:A7A4:3E0A (talk) 22:18, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you see a claim indicating he lived 1970-1974? If you refer to the article Piers Dixon being in Category:UK MPs 1970–74 then the category is for United Kingdom members of parliament from 1970 to 1974. If you refer to his entry at Deaths in 2017#25 then it says "Piers Dixon, 88, British politician, MP for Truro (1970–1974)." 88 is his age and "MP for Truro (1970–1974)" refers to his time as member of parliament. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:48, 25 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]