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June 20[edit]

Liked article[edit]

When I look up something on the internet and I look it up on the Wikipedia page and I save it on my phone’s home screen and I call it a new name, and then later I tap on it to read the article, it will say something else. It says article of the day. Why does it not stay as the item that I have called it?

That is because the article of the day changes every day. You should tap on the link that brings you to the full article and bookmark it there. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 00:19, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to read one that you've missed, notice that there is a link labelled "Archive" at the bottom of the "From today's featured article" section which will take you to a list of past (and some upcoming) entries. For this month, the archive can be found at Wikipedia:Today's featured article/June 2021. — Bilorv (talk) 10:56, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Copying user page in wikimedia[edit]

I can't find Wikimedia's help desk, so I ask a question about user page in wikimedia. How to copy user page in wikimedia? (I'm not good at English, sorry.) --A.672k(t) 09:19, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Are you looking for mw:Help:Extension:GlobalUserPage? --David Biddulph (talk) 09:55, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, and it works. Thanks for your help. --A.672k(t) 15:09, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Jan henrik Dabrowski[edit]

Is there any way to find out if General Jan Henrik Dabrowski who served in the Italian Legion in Haiti in 1803 left any children there? Would the Darbouze family have any relationship with him? Curious.... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:701:8201:8620:1D97:F790:4B1D:E6ED (talk) 12:59, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello IP,

You can ask that question at WP:REFERENCE DESK. That platform deals with such stuff only. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs) 16:25, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

How do I attach pictures to a page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waliyullah Tunde (talk • contribs)

@Waliyullah Tunde: You're going to want to see H:IMAGE, but make sure that they comply with the image use policy first. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 13:41, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

What is the difference between the date and the access date?[edit]

What is the difference between the date and the access date is the access date the one where you added it that day of?

I'm asking because i added the new switchfoot record and it the date was wrong and i don't know what i did wrong?— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:92c0:3b20:cc07:c8c1:e379:5c60 (talk • contribs) 20 June 2021 14:32 (UTC)

|date= is the date when the source was published, so for example the date a newspaper released. |access-date= is the date when you accessed the source. There are a number of date formats supported, you can find all supported variants here. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:55, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do you fix it where it doesn't say the access date was ignored?

Fixed it for you at List of 2021 albums, you used "access date" when it should be "access-date". MilborneOne (talk) 15:05, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Milborne! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:92C0:3B20:CC07:C8C1:E379:5C60 (talk) 15:31, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How can I upload this patent on Commons?[edit]

Hello! I've posted the same question on the Teahouse, receiving no reply, so I'm going to try here as well (should have done so from the beginning, probably).

I am planning to write an article on a Cold War tank destroyer project called TAA. The vehicle was never produced and only existed in drawings. Thus, the only way to graphically represent it in an article would be using its drawings.

There are no official blueprints of it on the internet; instead, its patent, that is based on them, does exist. It can be found here (some better quality versions also exist on other websites). Is there a way to upload the patent on Wikimedia Commons? What license should be used? Many thanks, and please ping if you reply. Kind regards, Lupishor (talk) 15:18, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lupishor. I am not sure of the answer, but nobody else has answered, so I'll do my best. First, I can't find a definitive statement of whether or not patents are regarded as published, for the purposes of Wikipedia; but the existence of Template:cite patent suggests that they are, and you can cite them (though of course a patent will always be a primary source, and an article needs secondary sources to establish notability and for the bulk of its content). But I think you are wanting to put a diagram from the patent for illustration : the question then is, what is the copyright status of (a diagram in) a Romanian patent? If you can demonstrate that it's public domain, (or a compatible licence, but that seems unlikly) then you can use it; alternatively, you might try to argue that your use can meet all the requirements in the WP:NFCC, and upload it as non-free material. (Note that in that case you may not upload it until the article you are going to use it in has been accepted as an article). If it is not public domain, then you should not link to the imgur copy, as that will be a copyright violation. I suggest you ask at Copyright questions. --ColinFine (talk) 16:34, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I answered at the Teahouse. Please don't ask in two places, Lupishor, as it wastes people's time. As I already said, your main issue will be notability of this vehicle, not the copyright status of the patent. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:05, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Colin and Mike! And I apologize. Lupishor (talk) 17:49, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting Module[edit]

Hello 👋 i have a question 🙋 it is about Redirecting Modules, i want to know how can i Redirect A specific Module to another Related Module. is there anyway to do that? thanks —— 🌸 Sakura emad 💖 (talk) 16:15, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Modules cannot be redirected. The lazy way is to require ('Module:...'). The better way is to {{#invoke:...}} where necessary.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 17:18, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How to report oppressive admins[edit]

Hi, in Italy we have one or two admins who are fans of Chico Forti so they delete any edits that doesn't suit them. Even if the edit has sources and it's true and correct, this admin uses pretextes and excuses to delete all edits. How can we edit the Chico Forti page with sources and truth, despite this biased admin? Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iusde (talk • contribs) 18:39, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Iusde, I assume you mean that this is happening at Italian WP. You have to deal with it there with the processes that are available there. I have no idea what they are, but perhaps Aiuto:Sportello informazioni is a place to start. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:49, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do I capitalize every word in an article's title?[edit]

I posted a Wikipedia page on comics historian Glenn Bray. Because Wiki is set up to only capitalize the first word in any title, the danged thing reads Glenn bray.

I had no idea it would revert my text (Glenn Bray) to this protocol. I'd like to edit the title so both of the names are capitalized, but I see no way to do this. Nothing on the internet offers any clues.

I hope someone sees this in my lifetime and can offer help (in layman's terms, please. I am not a coder.)

Many thanks, Frank M. Young

@Frankmyoung: The title has been fixed. --- Possibly ☎ 21:41, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

There is no automatic lowercase. You must have entered it lowercase. See Help:How to move a page for another time. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:12, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

One mistake in my movie Wikipedia details[edit]

Courtesy link: Un Kadhal Irundhal

Hi I am hashim marikar director and producer of the movie tittle .”Un Kadhal Irunthal “my movie not yet released but Wikipedia shows it’s release March 6 2020 so please remove that immediately — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2409:4073:207:8e15:41c8:aa99:d0d9:6ab5 (talk • contribs) 22:24, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you, or someone else claiming to be the director, corrected the article earlier today. Corrections should be supported by reliable sources, but I can't see where the original date came from. TSventon (talk) 22:43, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Since you have a conflict of interest, please do not edit the article directly. Instead, you may ask other editors to help you by posting on the related talk page - Talk:Un Kadhal Irundhal - using the {{request edit}} template. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 04:03, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]