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December 19[edit]

How to add an article to Wikipedia? how can i change the display title of my article and to put on the company logo?[edit]

Hi, I would like to change the display title and put on the company logo but somehow I can't because it said the logo was invalid and I couldn't change my article title because "Warning: Display title "Squline" was ignored since it is not equivalent to the page's actual title."

Does anyone know what should I do? and I'm still new in this area so it would be lovely to learn the things here. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sekarwid (talk • contribs) 02:51, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sekarwid. I've put a "welcome" message on your talk page, which contains a few links to guidance you may find useful. In particular, please read Your first article, and be aware of requirements on "notability" and the need to cite independent sources for information in an article. {{DISPLAYTITLE}} only changes the format of the title; it doesn't change the title to a different word, which you can do using the "Move" tab at the top of the page. Lastly, many company logos are protected by copyright regulations - please see Logos on this. Please ask here or at the Teahouse if you need any further assistance: Noyster (talk), 08:28, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How do I get help on the coords template?[edit]

I tried searching for all combinations of "coords", "coordinates", "tag" and "template". None of these returned anything about how to use this tag. Clicking on the tag takes you to a page that also appears to have no way to get help on its use. Maury Markowitz (talk) 13:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Maury. {{Coord}} (without parameters) brings up a "Quick guide" below which are full descriptions of the features. Hope that's what you are looking for: Noyster (talk), 13:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That is very strange behaviour. But it is what I was looking for. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:03, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Noyster posted the code {{tlx|Coord}} which calls Template:tlx with Coord as parameter. The template makes a link to the template page given by the parameter and displays curly brackets around it: {{Coord}}. It's not a MediaWiki feature but just a template made at the English Wikipedia and many other wikis. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The search box only searches articles by default. Prefix with a namespace to search there, or select the namespace in the search results page. Template documentation is at the template page. Template:coords redirects to Template:Coord which has documentation. If you want something else then please clarify. Where are you clicking on it? PrimeHunter (talk) 13:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

When I search for a term where there is an article, it just goes right to the article so I don't get a chance to select the namespace. And typing the namespace into the search is not something I think the average user is aware of. We need links in mainspace. Maury Markowitz (talk) 14:06, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The search box and mainspace pages are mainly for readers and not editors so most things for editors are deliberately kept out of there. See Wikipedia:Cross-namespace redirects. Help:Searching shows ways to search without going directly to an exact title match, e.g. including a tilde character ~. It still only searches mainspace by default. At Special:Search you can choose other namespaces and select "Remember selection for future searches". PrimeHunter (talk) 16:13, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We have Wikipedia:How to add geocodes to articles, and I've made Help:Coordinates as a redirect to this. Wikipedia:Coordinates redirects to a corner of the Manual of Style with similar advice on use of the template: Noyster (talk), 17:00, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added a hatnote from the mainspace geo coords article, which is where people will end up in most cases. Maury Markowitz (talk) 23:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wang Hai biography page[edit]

I am trying to edit details on the Wang Hai biography page. He is my grandfather and I'd like to add more details. I've tried but it keeps getting removed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wang_Hai — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.164.225.69 (talk) 14:47, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello IP user. I'm guessing you are also Lavenderheart. The information you twice added to Wang Hai was removed (by two different editors) because it was unreferenced. All information in Wikipedia is required to be derived from reliable published sources, because otherwise there is no way for a reader to check its validit: personal knowledge is not acceptable, however insightful or rewarding it might be to those who know it. Please see Verifiability. Also please note that reapplying an edit that somebody else has reverted is called edit warring, and is regarded as disruptive behaviour. If somebody reverts your edit, you should either leave the matter, or start a discussion with that editor on the article's talk page. See WP:BRD. --ColinFine (talk) 15:55, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bernards Township, New Jersey[edit]

Fix the pronunciation for me please. I'm new here. When you do please infrm me on my talk page

The Giants 0 (talk) 16:22, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I've fixed it ,The Giants 0, but as I'm not from your side of the pond, I've had to guess the vowel. [not replying on your talk page, because this ping should notify you]. --ColinFine (talk) 16:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

FYI - user has been blocked indefinitely for unrelated shenanigans. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 00:29, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season article[edit]

I Think there is one template and reference to become a article but is it enough to be a full article but if you add 3 more templates I Think it's Enough to be an article. I Hope it's a full article now can you help me move it to the main article space now. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 19:39, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Why Didn't You Answer Me.68.103.78.155 (talk) 00:21, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I just reviewed Draft:2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season and it looks exactly like an unfinished draft. I wouldn't expect it to go live until it's in better shape. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 04:14, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Editor inserts additional unwanted newlines[edit]

Whenever I insert a newline in the editor in unformatted text, an extra unwanted newline gets silently inserted when I press the "Publish" or "Preview" buttons. For example, if I type

FOO
BAR

in the editor, then type "Preview", it immediately changes to:

FOO

BAR

I don't see this behavior in other Mediawiki projects such as Wikisource. Is there any way to disable this unwanted behavior? Thanks! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:37, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

EDIT: To clarify, I guess what I really want is for the classic editing interface to go back to being a completely "dumb" plain text field, and to disable all "smart" editing features. Does anyone know if that's possible? Thanks! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:52, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Answering my own question: I can get the behavior I desire by unchecking the "use wikiEd instead of classic text area" tool button, which I never realized existed until now. Woohoo! I'm so happy! Grover cleveland (talk) 22:57, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Grover cleveland: There are several editing interfaces and features. I don't know what you used but here are ways to disable some features you may have enabled: Disable "wikEd" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets. Disable "New wikitext mode" and "Automatically enable all new beta features" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. Enable "Temporarily disable the visual editor while it is in beta" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing. If you have a highlighter marker button

to the left of "Advanced" in a toolbar above the edit area and the icon has a background indicating enabled then click it to disable it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:27, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]