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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 1

  1. Biased reporting
  2. Skeet (Newfoundland) Post
  3. Haseeb lone
  4. Uploading YouTube videos
  5. Search user question
  6. Difference between policies and guidelines for Wiki
  7. This may sound like an extremely dumb question, but...

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 2

  1. Bookspam
  2. My edits are being deleted! Why?
  3. Page Still Under Review | Help
  4. Hill, Ric K.
  5. DaBaby

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 3

  1. starting a wikipedia page
  2. BLATANTLY plagiarizing!!
  3. Zbigniew Blazeje removed by copyright infringement
  4. Why was my edit removed?
  5. Searching contributions from IP range
  6. Problem with the exchange rates of South Sudanese pound
  7. Basketball player
  8. Info-box
  9. Should an event that is writen in the present tense, but now is in the past, be changed to the past tense?

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 4

  1. Inappropriate Article
  2. Auckland Metro Line
  3. date of Birth of Doris Day
  4. No Wikipedia with Chrome
  5. CONTRIBUTION TO FEATURED CONTENT
  6. not sure if I'm asking this right?

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 5

  1. Account Name Change ¿HOW?
  2. difficulty with template
  3. My account
  4. 55th Guldbagge Awards
  5. Nominating article for deletion
  6. Regarding that why Wikipedia isn't approving my Article on Arthur Choo.
  7. Cites from the Internet / dead links
  8. Trouble adding images that I have a copyright on
  9. Could you please help me edit this page?
  10. Unknown authors - please help
  11. "For ... see ..." template's output needs correcting in article.
  12. Editing Versus Opinion.
  13. Email question

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 6

  1. Page Name amon martin-preston should be changed to zero the kidd
  2. Yonge Street
  3. Possible multiple copy-vios on B-class article
  4. Kitty Gordon
  5. change of title
  6. Publishing
  7. New Article Publish Regards
  8. :Draft:Mashood Alam Malik
  9. jak usunąć konto?
  10. Mansi people#References
  11. Changes to my Wikipage
  12. Trying to find the relevant guideline/policy article
  13. Trying to find an acceptable image of a person
  14. Flag icons in infoboxes

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 7

  1. Deletion of Dave Merrick page
  2. Did You Know Review Problem
  3. SHAMBHAJI BHOSALE name Correction
  4. Update details
  5. How to create instant article creation?
  6. Not to be confused with
  7. This is NOT noteworthy
  8. My Webfleet Solutions entry
  9. Screenshot in UTRS
  10. Question about old wikipedia page
  11. Vfw Poppies
  12. 2019 Cyprus Rape Case
  13. Valentina Ferrer Update
  14. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 8

  1. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references missing key
  2. Sorry
  3. Philippines museum
  4. username change
  5. Deleting my account
  6. question re talk page indents
  7. Article Gary Westfahl
  8. Institute_of_Cost_and_Management_Accountants_of_Pakistan
  9. draft: Yardley Taylor
  10. Merging articles & achieving consensus when no other editors respond

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 9

  1. How to save a wiki article link as a reading record in wiki account, as on Wiki APP version.
  2. Creating a new page of our company
  3. Thanks from Rebecca
  4. How can I add an information on wikipedia
  5. edit counter
  6. made big good
  7. Kesse
  8. Clicking in tabs
  9. Could I get banned for editing a source?

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 10

  1. Finding duplicate citations
  2. Tool for finding myself
  3. (Potentially) Odd account activity
  4. Incorrect statistics in regards to Brexit
  5. Adding Information to a company page
  6. Can't change Company Title
  7. User has violated 3RR
  8. Publication of Paid Contributions
  9. Difficulty archiving a URL

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 11

  1. You need to add another song to Pages in category "Songs about dreams"
  2. Submitting my draft for publication
  3. Infoboxes
  4. How to create an article?
  5. Don't agree with decision about edit deemed "not constructive"
  6. Confirmation of article under review
  7. Aggressive use of revision delete tool!
  8. Template loop
  9. Draft article by person known IRL

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 12

  1. Citations that include small caps in title
  2. Hi Wiki World
  3. Twinkle
  4. Help me Editing Fijian Wikipedia!
  5. private drafts
  6. After closing an image on a page, the page jumps back to the top instead of what I was just viewing
  7. Where can I ask a question (and get an answer)
  8. Code
  9. List of most popular articles on Wikipedia
  10. Missing blue "links" for "Edit"
  11. About Mehrdad Asemani

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 13

  1. Ninas wikipedia article
  2. My "Your Notices" thing says 99+ and I can't get it to go to 0 and be useful
  3. What exactly did this edit do?
  4. How to stop people from altering text?
  5. Edit count
  6. Where was the policy on trademarks / commercial packaging established?
  7. Template:Infobox comic book title

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 14

  1. Thanking Editors
  2. Application of "Subsequent use" style guideline for people's names
  3. State and local political sex scandals in the United States
  4. Redirect codes
  5. What to do?
  6. Update/Delete faulty page
  7. Coppia Italia 2019 - 2020
  8. How do I archive my user talk page?
  9. wikipedia page
  10. Proofreading
  11. Wikiredia
  12. Issues with a wikipedia help
  13. Protected pages
  14. Conflicting information
  15. Reference error that isn't visible
  16. Confused
  17. Where to go to get advice on a policy dispute
  18. Request for help to upload/replace main image on my father's Wikipedia

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 15

  1. Publishing a draft article
  2. Translation article
  3. SANTA FE HIGH SCHOOL
  4. Category
  5. Little bit lost
  6. How to suggest changes/updates to a specific article?
  7. 2 questions
  8. Would like there to be more clarity in climate statistics labels
  9. Short and sweet

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 16

  1. Editing the Page about the Norfolk Island Supreme Court
  2. Problem editing a page.
  3. Initial description for 'Kangaroo Island' page needs to be re-written
  4. Recent edit was marked as pending changes? (As autoconfirmed user)
  5. Footnote linked to ad, not reference
  6. Can watermarks be on images that i make?
  7. Duncraig Castle
  8. WP:SPA question
  9. Super Bowl Handover Ceremony
  10. Where to issue a query on why a user was blocked?
  11. Sichuan Yi Babel Templates
  12. Get me out of this site please

January 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 17

  1. Fastest banjo player
  2. broken site
  3. Name is Misspelled
  4. Engineering Awards Category - Query
  5. COI edits brick wall
  6. Off-wiki harassment
  7. How do I check my AfD logs?
  8. Behavior of {{CURRENTDAY}} and {{CURRENTDAY2}}
  9. Michael Flynn is identified as a member of the Democratic Party on The Wikipedia site.
  10. Reporting obvious socks
  11. Boston Municipal Police with Boston Police

January 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 18

  1. How to remove the redirect from page "local Realism" to "Principle of Locality"?
  2. Infinite Flight topic issues
  3. Where to request code quality review?
  4. Question
  5. Emailing another editor
  6. How to report a bug related to the citation generator
  7. Are there any up to date programs that make patrolling new pages easier?
  8. Having trouble replacing an image
  9. A submission I was considering submitting however I found the information already published in Wikipedia
  10. Why do Wikipedia makes or ignore unfair advantages it does to some companies?
  11. AFC reviewing
  12. Moving an AFC

January 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 19

  1. Restoring a Deleted Article - What to Do About Redirect
  2. Getting load-time metrics for a script
  3. Should short descriptions include vital years?
  4. page notice: Karsonya Wise Whitehead
  5. Geographical databases question
  6. Correction of spelling of name Alfredo Versoza
  7. Gallery perrow oddity
  8. Autoreviewer
  9. Question of curiosity: least read articles on Wikipedia
  10. Sikh Panth Foundation Day
  11. Technical problem with SVG file
  12. Make emoji to send someone to Wikapedia
  13. contents box on Malagasy Hippopotamus article different then section name
  14. OBS GREEN EXPRESS ACCOUNT
  15. Bruny Island

January 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 20

  1. What is the Purpose of creating a account?
  2. Thanking editors
  3. Untitled post
  4. Incorrect picture posted
  5. wrong "Links to this page"
  6. How to hide wikipedia searches
  7. Merge new and old account
  8. Kamiyah Mobley

January 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 21

  1. how to stop accidentally editing wiki articles
  2. Question regarding the copyright infringement
  3. What to do if someone keep reverting my contribution
  4. Citing references
  5. Editing the July 12 Wikipedia page
  6. Inaccurate information
  7. Uploading Photo of Robert Ray
  8. Account/Page removal
  9. Watchlist help
  10. Michael Terraga
  11. Search across article and talk?
  12. Name disambiguation question
  13. ADMIN HELP

January 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 22

  1. Gadolonium
  2. How do I cite a news story?
  3. How to publish a Wikipedia Page from Draft?
  4. I'm trying to semi clone Talk:Donald_Trump#Current_consensus at Talk:Race_and_intelligence#Current_consensus
  5. Malicious redirect of the page - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu_Gupta
  6. Subpage count
  7. Someone is Vandalizing a Page / Need Help Deleting Page
  8. JOE ROLLINS ARTICLE ELIMINATED
  9. Azim Azimzades
  10. Broken formatting on Daniel Lundh
  11. Archiving at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Climate change not working
  12. Why can't I create Dimitrios Bitzenis artist page?

January 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 23

  1. 2020 Big 12 Football season article
  2. Hire someone to update Music Artist Wikipedia page?
  3. Correcting a reference
  4. Wikipedia mobile app - tracking
  5. Please help to translate article to Arabic
  6. Questions about diff links
  7. Change page name
  8. Can't move draft to mainspace
  9. Super Bowl LV Logo
  10. Etiquette for pointing out an error
  11. Changing a Page Title
  12. publishing page for public
  13. Update Warning sci fi film page
  14. "Let's get started" program that you see when you first create a Wikipedia account
  15. Six Millionth Article
  16. How do I see a deleted article?
  17. Aligning cell text in a table column

January 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 24

  1. Edits continuously reverted by another user
  2. Tooltips don't resize according to browser's zone level
  3. Want to remove a page
  4. Company offer to create Wikipedia Page for Money (Fraud)
  5. Username change
  6. football squad template
  7. Why we not see WWE videos
  8. Talk page message
  9. Ten million articles
  10. Italics for articles about a publication
  11. plasma

January 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 25

  1. Reliable Sources
  2. Copyright problems
  3. Guidance on WP:CV
  4. Template:External media
  5. Overwriting a redirect
  6. How/where do I appeal a (wrong, imo) final warning for vandalism?
  7. Template More citations/references needed
  8. Draft:Mamhead House

January 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 26

  1. Template:Islam in the Americas
  2. Made in China 2019 film move
  3. Remove the death date of NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE from Wikipedia
  4. Dashes for product names in wiki article names
  5. Requesting a new article
  6. Elahly
  7. Orange Shellac uses

January 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 27

  1. Six Million Articles
  2. Sum
  3. How do I (can I?) reuse a book citation but with a different page number?
  4. Why does this page have only 500 objects?
  5. Adding a breif about a very well known public figure "Sheikh Mahmoud El Tohamy"
  6. Page name incorrect
  7. Most frequently looked up - UK
  8. Super Bowl LV Logo
  9. I mistakenly set a talk page to the wrong title
  10. List of games with Gold
  11. How to write an edit summary when using rollback?
  12. References not appearing correctly when using reflist

January 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 28

  1. Making edits, and getting them accepted
  2. information
  3. Gary Owen
  4. Saving A page (to book Creator??)
  5. changing username
  6. JAlbum -
  7. Help with correct syntax/formatting to use with occupation edits (and is there a simpler way?).
  8. Can not upload photo :-(
  9. Suggesting of edits to the protected pages by unregistered users
  10. Draft
  11. Agency
  12. Accessing a deleted user page

January 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 29

  1. process to edit and/or add to current information and an individual
  2. Edit I didn't make is attributed to me
  3. Edit title of the page
  4. Can i post info for a new news company
  5. Article Count
  6. Statement by 2001:8003:2D08:C700:20A0:3930:BF76:A3EE
  7. Collapse navbar
  8. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  9. talk page related something labelled false narrative and termed resolved
  10. 2 questions that are related.
  11. Sok
  12. Banned from #wikipedia-en-help
  13. KDOG radio San Mateo needs to be added to wikipedia

January 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 30

  1. Can’t get out of lists
  2. User sent me libel threat
  3. Find articles that aren't in any subcategory or subcategory of a subcategory or subcategory of... a category
  4. /* MFIs go for NBFC licences */
  5. need help translating Kanji album cover
  6. Adding WikiLinks (Article, Talk Pages, User Pages etc)
  7. How to include an Institute in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_music_databases
  8. need info on quote tags
  9. Inappropriate content.
  10. Question re coding for: "noeditsection," and codes in general
  11. verify and suggest any changes : link -> archive link
  12. Using cite web with no author no date
  13. John Poysti Classic Ping Pong Tournament
  14. question re wikiproject banner use
  15. How do you remove a border from an image in an infobox?
  16. Cause of Fred Silverman's death
  17. Wikipedia Page

January 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2020 January 31

  1. Reaction to Iran crisis in the US, termination of professor Asheen Phansey
  2. Will you please help me
  3. Village of Malone
  4. How do edit article headline
  5. Multiple images in infobox
  6. Content abuse/harassment - unable to create account
  7. New article created
  8. Is there a way to mark categories as uncited?
  9. Map
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_View_Mall Ownership
  11. New page
  12. Contagious strikethrough
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