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November 29[edit]

StoreDot infobox[edit]

Hi, I've just tried to add a field "Investors" to the infobox on the StoreDot company Wikipedia page, stating five names (which appear on the page under Milestone > Corporate). 1. I could not link these names to their Wikipedia page (although I added them in xx in the field that I added to the box. 2. After approving the infobox, a warning appears: Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "Investors". How can I resolve this, and have the Investors field appear in the infobox? Many thanks, Anuti — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anutig (talk • contribs) 10:19, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The article concerned is StoreDot; your link above is broken. The template used is Template:Infobox company and there is no parameter named "| Investors". If you wished to propose the addition of a new parameter to the template, the place for such a suggestion would be Template talk:Infobox company. Apart from the merits or otherwise of such a suggestion, one detail is that the parameter names normally start with a lower case letter. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:33, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The parameter |owners= can be used to list entities with an investment in the company. Ideally, each investor should be followed with their percentage of ownership and a reference. MB 15:18, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Lightricks Logo[edit]

Noticed that lightricks changed their logo and wanted to update it on the page. I thought I was doing it correctly but don't think I did. Could someone please assist. Thanks. MaskedSinger (talk) 15:01, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

{{U|MaskedSinger]} Looks okay to me, it's showing the black logo (rather than the multi-coloured one which was being used before according to the image's file history). I have also purged the article's server cache, so it should display the new logo for everyone- if it's still showing the old logo for you, you may need to purge your own local browser cache (instructions at Wikipedia:Purge#Purge local browser cache. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:25, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you so much @Joseph2302: MaskedSinger (talk) 15:34, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

_{@Joseph2302: pinging them since you have to resign when fixing the ping or else it won't notify them ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:37, 29 November 2021 (UTC)}[reply]

_{MaskedSinger Pinged them for ya ― Blaze The Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 15:27, 29 November 2021 (UTC)}[reply]

Much appreciated @Blaze Wolf: MaskedSinger (talk) 15:34, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Clarence A Forbes[edit]

This is from the Germany Wikipedia. Can it be added to your Wikipedia from the US? Susan Forbes (great-niece)

Clarence A. Forbes studied Ancient History at Bates College , where he received his Bachelor's degree with honors in 1922 . He continued his studies at the University of Illinois , where he received his master's degree in 1924 and his doctorate in 1928 . On September 1, 1924, he married Florence Lemaire, with whom he had three daughters and two sons (Jacqueline, Charmian, Rodney, Roland and Joyce). From 1925 to 1927 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Cincinnati for the next 20 years he worked as an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Nebraska, where he was awarded his honorary Doctor of Letters. In 1948 he moved to Ohio State University as Full Professor of Classics , where he retired in 1971.

Forbes' main research interests were the history of sport and ancient social history. Among other things, he wrote the monograph Greek Physical Education (first edition 1929, reprint 1971). Forbes was elected President of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South for 1950/1951 . He was also a member of the North American Society for Sport History , which made him Honorary President in 1984.

Fonts (selection) Greek Physical Education , New York 1929. Reprinted 1971. Neoi. A Contribution to the Study of Greek Associations , Middletown 1933. Reprinted 1975. Firmicus Maternus: The Error of the Pagan Religions , New York 1970. The Endless Fountain: Essays on Classical Humanism , Columbus 1972. Literature The American Catholic Who's Who. 18th Edition (1969), p. 143. Bruce L. Bennett: An Appreciation of Clarence A. Forbes 1901-2001. In: Journal of Sport History. Volume 28 (2001), Issue 1, p. 1 f. Authority data (person): GND : 101343345 | LCCN : no91024170 | VIAF : 85163979 | Wikipedia people search Categories :Ancient historianUniversity professor (Ohio State University, Columbus)University of Nebraska at LincolnHonorary Doctorate from a university in the United StatesAmericansNon-fiction authorLiterature (United States)Literature (english)Literature (20th century)Born in 1901Died 2001man — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.28.121.126 (talk) 16:40, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: Clarence A. Forbes [de] Maproom (talk) 16:52, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Susan. When you ask "Can it be added to your Wikipedia", the question you are really asking is "Is there a volunteer editor who is interested enough to put in the cosiderable amount of work required to create an article about Forbes in English Wikipedia?" There might be, but there are no guarantees. The formal place to make such a request is at Requested articles, but the take-up there is very low. You might possibly have more luck asking at WT:WikiProject Sports, or WT:WikiProject History, I don't know.

Something you might do to make this project more attractive to a volunteer is to do some of the legwork yourself: An article should be almost entirely based on information published by people unconnected with ths subject (there can be a list of selected works of his in an article, but they do not contribute to establishing that he meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability). The Bennett article sounds as if it is a good source (though anybody using it to write an article would need to have read it themselves). But one such source is not enough (a translation of the German Wikipedia article would not be accepted in English Wikipedia for that reason). If you can find some more (they don't have to be online, as long as they are published, and so available eg through major libraries) that will help your cause. --ColinFine (talk) 17:36, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

How do you change the thumbnail of an article?[edit]

Hi everybody. As the title already says, I want to change the thumbnail of an article. By "thumbnail" I mean the image that shows up next to the autocomplete suggestions of the search bar. It only appears on the large search bar of the start page (www.wikipedia.org) though, not on the small search bar in the top right corner. You can also see these thumbnails in the Wikipedia mobile app and when you use the page preview feature by hovering your cursor over Wikipedia links. I particularly want to change the thumbnail of Uluru, because right now it only shows a map of Australia. Tc14Hd (talk) 20:03, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tc14Hd: It's called the page image and is selected automatically. See mw:Extension:PageImages#Image choice. File:Uluru (Helicopter view)-crop.jpg has a width/height ratio which favors the map in Uluru. The selection is poor but we generally don't choose or crop images to manipulate it. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:00, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! So apparently, there is no way to change it right now? Maybe I will write a feature request. Tc14Hd (talk) 10:47, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Tc14Hd: phab:T91683 is "Allow editors control of the page image". PrimeHunter (talk) 12:06, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Biased content on PANDAS page[edit]

Hello, A contributor recently posted a page (PANDAS) in which they name a test (Cunningham Panel) and cite 2 studies that attempt to discredit this test. The author failed to reference and include other studies that demonstrate the clinical utility of this test. The author appears to be targeting the Cunningham Panel of tests by actually adding in quotes about the inaccuracy of this test in the reference section, next to Hesselmark et al.

How can we ensure that this page is balanced with all the information and not targeting a specific test?

The author of this page clearly has an agenda.

Darlene Wood — Preceding unsigned comment added by DollWood (talk • contribs) 21:09, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

First, I hope you understand now not to remove other editors' comments from talk pages.[1]

Next, please familiarize yourself with Wikipedia's sourcing guidelines for health and medical content. There is no such thing as "2 studies that attempt to discredit this test" in the article, as Wikipedia medical content does not rely on primary sources such as "studies". You may be accustomed to internet chat boards, forums, and PANDAS or Lyme advocacy networks that do regularly report primary studies as if they were established science, but Wikipedia does not, and has higher sourcing standards for biomedical content. Wikipedia uses secondary reviews of primary sources, as the PANDAS article has done wrt to the Cunningham Panel. Those secondary reviews indicate the Cunningham Panel has been disproven by independent studies.

And finally, I strongly suggest you become familiar with WP:MEAT and Template:Recruiting; this includes via Facebook and other PANDAS advocacy and network websites. Meat puppetry can result in editors being blocked from editing Wikipedia.

Also, please remember to sign your talk page posts by adding four tildes ( ~~~~ ) after them. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:50, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Change the name of a file[edit]

Is there some way you can change the name of a file? It is because the name is misleading, the file in question is File:Logo of Avante (Ecuador).png, I'm asking for the name change because of two issues, 1: there's no organization called "Avante" in Ecuador, and 2: This logo is from a Brazilian political party, so I'm requesting the file to be renamed File:Logo of Avante (Brazil).png, you can check the article on the political party to see I'm right. Bastewasket (talk) 21:59, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Bastewasket. See WP:MOF for how to request a file be renamed. --ColinFine (talk) 22:24, 29 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Bastewasket, you can use Twinkle (a Swiss Army knife of maintenance tagging) or LuckyRename (specialized for this job) to request file moves. — Alexis Jazz (talk or ping me) 04:09, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done - FlightTime (open channel) 03:19, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]