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December 6[edit]

How to remove My website from Spam list[edit]

Dear Team,

        Recently i noticed my website was added in to the spam list (tutorsindia.com). I can see that the person or organization who marked as a spam, they are my competitor. Kindly help me out to remove from spam list. kindly refer the below image.

Regards, Jagan kasi <redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.18.138.55 (talk) 05:03, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You can argue for it here: MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist#Proposed_removals. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:38, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

... but please note that such additions of external links in the main body of an article is against Wikipedia policy and will always be reverted as spam. Wikipedia does not carry advertising. Dbfirs 08:42, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Siri Knowledge on iOS shows information sourced from Wikipedia which is incorrect, can't figure out how to edit[edit]

When you type 'Tucker Carlson' (the Fox News host) into spotlight on iOS, it comes up with the list of facts about him, which I believe are sourced from Wikipedia. It lists him as a Republican, which is false (he is a Democrat). But I can't find this information in his Wikipedia article in the first place, to change. Anyone know anything about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proustfala (talk • contribs) 08:49, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Proustfala. Thanks for drawing my attention to the edits you made to Tucker Carlson, where you amended the article, just a couple of minutes prior to making this post, to say he is a Democrat. Perhaps iOS cannot move as quickly as you. Fish+Karate 09:56, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Proustfala: TC might be a registered Democrat for tactical voting purposes, but it is extremely disingenuous to list him as "Democrat". Even so, you used a blog to support potentially WP:BLP-violating information (most US Republicans would probably consider being called Democrats to be derogatory, and the other way around). Your talk page is rife with warnings about editing of political topics; maybe it would be time to stop now. Pinging Fish and karate. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 10:22, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Already edited the article to give it context. Fish+Karate 10:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikidata item lists him as a member of the Republican party. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:49, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that seals it, Wikidata is never wrong. Fish+Karate 11:18, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure how the formatting works on this page. Carlson is a Democrat - not looking to get into an argument about this - the article listed nothing for him with regard to party, and I changed that, but Siri Knowledge *did* have an incorrect party listed for him. Anyway this is just a technical question. Above poster who has an opinion about the edit...not sure sure how to respond. Reference is to a WaPo article, not a blog. Burden I guess would be on you to explain how it's extremely disingenous to report factual information on a supposedly factual site. Cheers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Proustfala (talk • contribs) 18:20, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Donations[edit]

Hello,

I see your latest request for donations. I very often respond. However, you have now introduced a fatal flaw. Instead of allowing people to donate, your software page insists on my inserting my email, so that you can bombard me with communications.

Think about it. You have lost me as a donor, until you drop this step too far.

Clive Roberts.

Northern Ireland. UK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.117.15 (talk) 10:55, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Clive. I'm not quite sure what the behaviour is you're complaining about; but in posting here you are talking to thousands of volunteer editors, none of whom have any role in the donation mechanism. You need to address your concern to the Wikimedia Foundation. You might find useful information on m:Donations FAQ. --ColinFine (talk) 11:36, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I sympathize with Clive. The repetitive popups are annoying. Experienced editors eventually figure out how to disable them, so an undue share of the burden falls on occasional users, just the people we ought to be welcoming and encouraging. Maproom (talk) 18:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Table sorting[edit]

Tables such as this one do not appear to be sortable, but clearly the countries should be in alphabetical order. Will they need to be edited manually line by line, or is there a shortcut?--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:04, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Change the table class at the top from class="wikitable" to class="wikitable sortable". Fish+Karate 11:24, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks!--Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:40, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WNOZ New Orleans Smooth Jazz[edit]

Please update information on WNOZ 95.3 New Orleans.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.96.154.108 (talk) 15:30, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

We do not have an article on WNOZ: it's (barely) mentioned in passing in a few other articles. What article(s) do you suggest should be updated, and where can we find any information (in independent, published, reliable sources) with which to do so? The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.202.210.56 (talk) 17:06, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]