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March 17

Categories formatting at The Inspectre.

The categories for this page are showing up at the top as unlinked text enclosed in brackets. I'm trying to fix the links and move it to the bottom where it's supposed to go, but can't seem to figure what needs to be changed in the edit box. Can anyone figure out what's wrong? Zubizuva (talk) 02:49, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I tried to fix it, but I couldn't either. L293D (☎ • ✎) 02:54, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking a look at it and trying. I'm baffled. Zubizuva (talk) 02:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

It's a problem within the inbofox. If you remove the parameters for SciFi =, startyr =, and endyr=, then the extraneous text disappears. Someone with experience editing templates may be able to help. MB 03:09, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Known problem discussed at the infobox template TP. The workaround is to use the sort=parameter, which I have done. MB 03:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning that up, much appreciated. Zubizuva (talk) 03:17, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

An user asked about a message, on WP:AIV

I just had an e-mail from Unblue box about it, and where can he'll refer at? Tainted-wingsz (talk) 03:31, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

The IP that Unblue reported here has already been blocked. Lourdes 03:46, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

From the e-mail, he told me; he wrote in the wrong number. (As later he posted at its talk page, then withdrawn the question.) And meant to add the right one. But when Unblue box e-mailed me, he was at some airport. And didn't had time to write in the right info. Then I continued what he asked me about it. While by this edit, looked strange; then I looked over what else they may did. But right now if I corrected it, I'll be using up my extended break time. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 05:23, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Well, then Unblue box should simply file a new AIV report with the right IP no. Lourdes 13:16, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Ah ok. But in the past the related ip had a habit to change air dates to a show that ended a time ago. But currently from the edit history they change what episodes had used in a song; was the song used for 15 episodes, etc. And changed it to 14 and 15 did not use the song. Or maybe did it moved on to a new one, and add a note saying it didn't on the episodes were it doesn't use the song's name. Tainted-wingsz (talk) 14:50, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Cliffe Castle Museum

Could you please trim the newly added file in "The Building" section on this page. Make is smaller too please. The file is titled Countess Manvers. I have tried and failed to do this. thanks 175.32.4.104 (talk) 06:52, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

175.32.4.104, done. if you want a different size, change the number in front of the px parameter, which I've set at 150px arbitrarily Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:17, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Tupac Shakur Wiki Page

It's disrespectful to omit the information about his & Kidada Jones relationship. It should at least include she was his last girlfriend at time if his death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2PacKidada (talk • contribs) 09:17, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@2PacKidada: If you want to suggest improvements to the Tupac Shakur article, the best place to do that would be at Talk:Tupac Shakur.--Gronk Oz (talk) 12:22, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Tupac Shakur#September 1996 shooting says: "The bodyguard, Frank Alexander, said that Shakur had asked him to drive the car of Shakur's girlfriend, Kidada Jones, rather than accompany him." PrimeHunter (talk) 12:29, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Changing wikipedia page

in the wikipedias of mughal empresses,empress consort is given wrong.empress consort is the who is the mother of next emperor.but bega begum,saliha banu begum,nur jahan are not mothers of next emperor.so i w\changed them.but they are being undone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aditya Iyer (talk • contribs) 11:28, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@Aditya Iyer: A wikt:consort means a spouse or parther. That is also the normal meaning of empress consort. Do you have a published reliable source that the meaning is different in the Mughal empire? It sounds unlikely to me. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:27, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Printing out of Non-League Football Wikipedia websites in England-GB!

I am enquiring and asking about not being able to print out Pages from British Non-League Football Wikipedia sites like the Northern Premier,Southern Premier and National League Wikipedias! If you require me to make a donation(I know you keep going with Donations)then that would be no problem as it shouldn't be free! I hope that you can help and advise me on this matter and I hope to get your reply soon! Just to mention I use the pages for my own personal use as I know you can't re-produce anything from Wilkipedia to sell! Best Wishes Statto55(MR Brian.K.Outlaw{England-GB} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Stats55 (talk • contribs) 13:40, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Stats55, in fact you can use Wikipedia pages for any purpose including commercial, see Wikipedia:Text of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License ⋅

What happens when you try to print out the pages? Could you give an example of a page that you cannot print? Dbfirs 16:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

How to change article title

I have an article under review (Draft:Cam Ne). I need to change the article title from "Cam Ne" to "Incident at Cam Ne" as the article is about the incident, not the geographical place. I can't see how to do this using the EDIT screen. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Brush (talk • contribs) 15:58, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@Peter Brush: Page titles are changed by moving to a new location. This is available via the 'more' tab at the top of the page. Your account should be able to perform this. Eagleash (talk) 16:18, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I am able to get to the MOVE screen. I changed the MOVE type to (Article). But I cannot address the "New Title:" field -- I am unable to enter the text of the new title in that field. Peter Brush (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Disregard the above question. I found the answer. Thank you. Peter Brush (talk) 17:49, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Hi Peter Brush did you really intend to remove the page from the review process? If not, you should return it to Draft-space. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:54, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

No, I did not intend to remove the page from the review process. Peter Brush (talk) 15:03, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

I have returned the page to Draft-space. The page had issues, and I have resolved the issues. Thank you. Whinnen (talk) 12:25, 21 March 2018 (UTC)

Terry L DUNN

Why was I deleted? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:2530:F7C9:3402:C988:B7FA:1F53 (talk) 17:13, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

It was deleted for being promotional (promotional articles go against our policies). I see that it was edited by DunnPSC, who I can only assume is you or an employee of yours (which violates our policies on conflicts of interest, BTW). If you hadn't edited the article, there's a chance that it wouldn't've been deleted. Ian.thomson (talk) 17:39, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

I've deleted the sandbox too, basically a self-serving vanity page telling us how successful he's been rather than the factual article we require. Examples include That experience taught him to make prudent financial decisions... he is fully committed to serving the public interest. Most of the text is unreferenced, and the references he does provide are to conservative political organisations that he belongs to, not independent verifiable sources. DunnPSC, before attempting to write an article again, read Your first article. WP:COI and WP:Autobiography Jimfbleak - talk to me? 07:02, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Page does not sync after I edit.

Why What happened. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.75.165.114 (talk) 17:44, 17 March 2018 (UTC) 138.75.165.114 (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

You will need to let us know when and where this happened, preferably using a diff. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:36, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

How to fix the incorrect text accompanying the mobile-view 'Related Pages' links?

Hi!

In the 'related pages' for the mobile view for Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, the text describing two of the links is incorrect; in one 'ugandan' isn't capitalized, and another describes the target as a 'proestess' (which is kind of funny as she was a prostitute and a priestess, so ...)

Where does this text come from? How to fix it?

Thanks. Saintrain (talk) 18:40, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

It's from Wikidata. See Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing#How do I edit mobile subtitles? PrimeHunter (talk) 19:07, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks! Saintrain (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

Is there no way to keep such Wikidata errors/junk out of our articles? Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 07:12, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

How to cite websites

With last and first name, do you mean the basic full name of the person who's editing or the website? I am new to this so I do not understand on how to cite a website on on Wikipedia. Some websites are different on how to source the sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Oliv-WAlker2205 (talk • contribs) 21:48, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

@Oliv-WAlker2205: Citations should be the author of the source, not the person editing the article on this site. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:59, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

The template {{cite web}} should help. See Help:cite web for details, or just copy this:

{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote= }} and fill in the details. Dbfirs 17:32, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Help with award template

[1] I'm trying to put the awards in the awards section, but for whatever reason they are appearing at the very bottom of the page. In the source they are in the correct section, but on the visually they aren't. What Am I doing wrong? 💵💵💵💵^Talk 23:34, 17 March 2018 (UTC)

 Fixed

@Money moji: Hello, there was a misplaced dash in the closing |}. Eagleash (talk) 00:07, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Thanks!💵💵💵💵^Talk 00:08, 18 March 2018 (UTC)