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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 1

  1. "What links here" with templates excluded?
  2. Meaning of 'subpr' in template
  3. Setting a main 'external link' as reference in multiple places
  4. Why don't dinosaur species have their own pages?
  5. Actor page
  6. Calculating distance
  7. Make article
  8. Notability of 76ers-Bucks rivalry
  9. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 2

  1. What to do if you are in the middle of creating an article and you highlight something and accidentally delete some of the source . How do you get it back.
  2. Is there a way to place more urgency on an article involving "WP:CHILDPROTECT" and "WP:SUSPECT"?
  3. List of disasters in Great Britain and Ireland by death toll (formatting issue)
  4. Stopping Vandalism
  5. Help about the reference section number 20 Opening Ceremony Athens 2004 Olympics Olympic flag
  6. This is about "reliable sources" and "NPOV" policies
  7. External Link
  8. Is there a policy for/against creating "WP:" links to same-name "MOS:" shortcuts?
  9. Editing
  10. Policy on template capitalisation
  11. How do you link to a wikitionary definition
  12. Question about permissions to upload a photo
  13. Categories and indirect evidence
  14. Image Deletion Process
  15. Updates of 1985 in Greece of photos of references of Leaders
  16. Move a page

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 3

  1. Moving the page of Georgios Dritsakos
  2. How to change stroke colors in Maplink?
  3. Please help
  4. Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
  5. The truth about adding the reference of the Closing Ceremony Athens 2004
  6. Page deletion
  7. Author name per book
  8. In Visual Editor is there any way to reuse a cite but with a different page number?
  9. Where do you go for userspace draft feedback WITHOUT submitting the draft?
  10. Traian Chelariu
  11. External links not in expected place

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 4

  1. Business Detail
  2. I am an author
  3. Issues templates posted on this article
  4. Hello
  5. How to upload pictures to an article?
  6. Finding citations that are missing urls
  7. Editing articles with multiple templates causes massive memory issues.
  8. mjrnmrmrmrr.rrlr 0
  9. How to change article title from Chicago Artists' Coalition to Chicago Artists Coalition

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 5

  1. Editing
  2. Looking for most verifiable citations
  3. COVID-19 apps
  4. Help with Chrome
  5. Upload pic
  6. Page move success?
  7. International Democrat Union
  8. How many games for a franchise
  9. Passing of time
  10. Write an Article on Felix (singer)

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 6

  1. Question
  2. Question about first-person plural pronouns
  3. Remove "thank" button from watchlist?
  4. other edits link
  5. changing citation and date formats?
  6. Creating Profile
  7. getting a false positive but then it doesn't show up in reporting false positive page
  8. Editing templates
  9. Hakeem jeffries

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 7

  1. Disabling Wikimedia shortcut keys
  2. Twinkle "follow site preferences" option for watchlist time
  3. Adarsh rai
  4. Wrong age. Under Kurt Miller (baseball)
  5. Posr articles
  6. Guideline on self-referencing links' section
  7. My page Sulumbek of Sagopshi and Akhmed Khuchbarov
  8. "This template has no documented parameters and may be intended for use without them."
  9. About submit for draft
  10. Editing
  11. Template Assistance (Copy/Paste isn't working)

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 8

  1. Search on page belonging to two categories?
  2. What the heck is this symbol?
  3. include a photo
  4. Editing txt and sending photographs for inclusion where they don't exist.
  5. Background on NIF laser fusion experiments in 2022, specifically prior work by John Holzrichter and Livermore Laboratory Teams .
  6. Italicizing title
  7. Hiding the left sidebar

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 9

  1. country
  2. Maintenance category visibility
  3. Person biography eligibility
  4. how to block a user
  5. Couple formatting questions
  6. Time between repeat nominations of a requested move

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 10

  1. my page in Wikipedia
  2. HA ha I found an error
  3. Is this reference reliable?
  4. How an Indian educator qualify for Wikipedia?
  5. Content publishing

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 11

  1. Searching for keywords within pages and titles that belong to a certain category
  2. Finding articles to create
  3. Closing an RfC
  4. Keep getting message when trying to publish changes "Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 404): (no message)"
  5. Deleted pages / accounts
  6. Accounts that have been created just to claim a name
  7. Mount Rushmore monument
  8. Is Amit Sharma notable?
  9. Why is the article not showing up on the Articles for Deletion page?
  10. Issue with IP block affecting account editing.
  11. Table keeps going to bottom of page no matter what I do
  12. Spanish compound surnames & name-date citation

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 12

  1. Reset Password with Inaccessible Email Address
  2. List of tallest buildings in Dubai
  3. Main page for a category is disambig
  4. How to access deleted talkpages
  5. How do you extend tables in list pages of Wikipedia?
  6. How to be sure the article is neutral enough?
  7. How a teacher or educator notable for Wikipedia?
  8. Assistance in trying to determine notability
  9. Select Wikidata fields that has a qualified equal to the subclass of something
  10. personal attack

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 13

  1. blacklisted
  2. Signature and timestamp button
  3. Fair use photos
  4. How do I request to get this redirect deleted?
  5. Massive bug

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 14

  1. How do I approve and disprove articles?
  2. Restoration of an article that was previously deleted
  3. Drafts vs. Sandboxes / Moving pages
  4. PROFESSIONAL WRITERS
  5. Theo Stavropoulos, artist
  6. Redirecting articles I created

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 15

  1. For Category:Clock Designs, why is Grandfather Clock listed under L?
  2. Tagging an uncredited translation from fr.wikipedia
  3. Does this count as a personal attack?
  4. Multiple tabs - on Windows desktop app
  5. I edited a stub template--problem
  6. Nominate a .css or .js for deletion
  7. Needed Backlink
  8. Clarification of DEFAULTSORT usage
  9. Template parameters
  10. My page Khamekits
  11. Harrassment by a Bot
  12. new to editing
  13. Adding football team colors
  14. Policy differences between wikipedias
  15. Page says it has "multiple issues"
  16. Request for a review

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 16

  1. Non-English call signs for airlines
  2. Cliff Thorburn
  3. Using MediaWiki buttons
  4. Confusion in creating new categories - don't know how to get started

January 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 17

  1. publish the article
  2. Why are my changes being undone ?
  3. Timestamp help
  4. Backlogs and dead external links
  5. Tema Harbour
  6. Deleted updates to our page
  7. How to add a key information box on the right-hand side of the wiki page?
  8. Delete Account
  9. Former Greek Royal bios
  10. How do I add a neutrality disputed tag?
  11. Informational Pages on Airlines
  12. How to refer to Joe Biden when describing an event that took place after he ceased to be VPOTUS and before be became POTUS?
  13. Delete account
  14. when will wikipedia help their editors imprisoned in Saudi Arabia?
  15. Page is not opening

January 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 18

  1. Include Company is Wiki
  2. help
  3. Adding content
  4. Once Notable, Always Notable...
  5. How do i fix wikipedia
  6. How to restore old Wikipedia page layout
  7. Disable limited content mode by default
  8. New interface?
  9. Editing a wiki page
  10. Please change it back
  11. where do I find the agreement between Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid
  12. Using the interface.
  13. Text someones is bold and blurry
  14. Revert to Old Design?
  15. Removing/hiding the "X languages"/ "Add languages" link
  16. Ability to go back to old version/increase width of articles
  17. Something has changed about Wikipedia formatting

January 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 19

  1. My edits were reverted
  2. too much whitespace
  3. New look?
  4. Delbert McClinton
  5. Where is search?
  6. Inaccurate source
  7. Table of contents
  8. Hi, how do I change the design back please?
  9. Why am I logged out because I asked a question here!
  10. Can't fix a typo
  11. Main page new look
  12. Look up
  13. How to talk with other editors?
  14. Request for a help
  15. I liked the old page layout better. Here's why.
  16. new format
  17. changes.
  18. searching wikipedia
  19. Where are the language links?
  20. AWB regex to remove one WikiProject banner
  21. advertisement on main page
  22. Navbox Template?
  23. Does Wikipedia provide any tool to help Europe-based editors access Web sites which are unavailable to them because of GDPR?

January 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 20

  1. New look is awful how do I revert it so it's usable again?
  2. Suggested languages list too long
  3. Delete My Account
  4. Articles
  5. The new look...
  6. how to unhide contents
  7. Section linking shenanigans
  8. Wikipedia Library worked then stopped working?
  9. Can I get an outside view point
  10. random article?
  11. Creating a Wikipedia for actor MICHELLE BERNARD
  12. Change in website format
  13. unwanted bold characters
  14. How do I duplicate a citation for different content
  15. Regarding the new website design
  16. How do I make a small correction?
  17. Question
  18. New layout change sucks where to send feedback
  19. Undersanding a reference

January 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 21

  1. Random Search function missing
  2. Requested articles
  3. FONT SIZE
  4. long time user
  5. Twinkle
  6. Watchlist on IOS app
  7. The new Wikipedia format
  8. Using a Photo for My Article
  9. Contents Lists
  10. Authority control
  11. Why does wikipedia look like shit now?

January 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 22

  1. Wikipedia's New Format
  2. Hide Toggle button
  3. Preview button in old skin
  4. New Format
  5. not my photo
  6. I like the new appearance
  7. How do I make link to sections of an article inside the article itself?
  8. Add xtools authorship to Template:GAR/header
  9. Save PDF
  10. need help with opening a Request for Comments
  11. Display name change
  12. unable to log into page
  13. Annamalai Kuppusamy
  14. Your website.

January 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 23

  1. New look - random articles
  2. May I add a page for my self or someone else?
  3. Regarding editing of pages
  4. Saving after sorting table.
  5. Promotional article
  6. How to report a school IP with recent uptick in vandalism?
  7. Inserting note reference mark-up
  8. updated a page, but unable to provide footnote
  9. Notable
  10. Saving draft paper
  11. Help with my account

January 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 24

  1. Uh not entirely fond of the new format
  2. Monobook Dark Mode
  3. Cfd
  4. Table of contents
  5. How do I italicize a book title for a new article?
  6. Another change to Vector skin
  7. how do I cause the Table of Contents to be collapsed by default?
  8. My own draft got unexpectedly submitted by someone else
  9. Social Science
  10. Where is the place to report users?
  11. old style
  12. Saline Valley Farm
  13. An article may need some update, but no one responds at the talk page

January 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 25

  1. Can Administrator ban Eliminator ?
  2. sluggishness
  3. how can i change my username
  4. [https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/25/how-to-restore-wikipedias-old-design/ How to restore Wikipedia's old design]
  5. What have you done to Wiki!!! The main page is a smaller size than before and cannot be made full size as before?
  6. how do i get the website back to normal?
  7. editing wikipedia page
  8. How do I make my edits, "Constructive"
  9. About Nazran uprising and Gligvi

January 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 26

  1. Popups
  2. Hidden sidebar
  3. Images
  4. How to query a decision on a draft page
  5. Do not like the new format
  6. Write an article for Felix from Stray Kids
  7. How do i remove the TOC from the top of the article. It ALWAYS prints out no matter what edits I attempt
  8. Discrepancy in signature timestamp
  9. There are issues with the summaries in the preview function
  10. Commercial reuse without attribution
  11. Georgia Supreme Court pictures
  12. Download as PDF
  13. Paying for Clean Edits
  14. Manually changing color in an electionbox?

January 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 27

  1. Correct the reference of Sandy Neilson
  2. help me
  3. Use WIkipedia content for my website
  4. User blocked
  5. Account recovery
  6. how do i put a navbox in the middle of my user page?
  7. Error message in a number of pages in Basque in wikipedia
  8. How to create a "reading list" and/or save Wikipedia articles - using the desktop application?
  9. How to attract Wikignomes?

January 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 28

  1. How would I cite this journal article?
  2. Script / Bot for welcoming users
  3. Help about publish my biography as embassy
  4. Quotations in different colors
  5. Request for feedback of new article draft
  6. Correct template for a range of time at month/year precision
  7. Changes
  8. That new sizing toggle thingy does (almost) nothing
  9. Deleted Article - Restore?

January 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 29

  1. Archiving
  2. Dante Leon Disambiguation Page
  3. Death notice (Floyd Sneed)
  4. Creating a list of articles based on content
  5. Request for a deleted article
  6. Consult sources of Chinese metro population data
  7. Potential disruptive editing on Ukraine article
  8. Why does Wikipedia log me out every time I go to the Commons or anywhere else?
  9. Simplifying Community Portal
  10. Can't find archive link
  11. Deleting a file
  12. Hide footnote markers?
  13. Donations
  14. Rauswurf

January 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 30

  1. File talk:Elbert Benjamine AKA C. C. Zain.gif
  2. New format help on desktop
  3. redirectcreator
  4. Screen appearance
  5. Proof of articles
  6. Dichroic prism?
  7. Cannot insert images
  8. Arabic Wikipedia
  9. Wikipedia search querry string for suggestions
  10. Why make wikipaedia so complicated???
  11. Protection request
  12. BLP subject requests removal of birthdate
  13. Policy on articles providing "Pet Care", and what a reliable source for that looks like?
  14. Moving my article from my Sandbox to Wikipedia
  15. Wikipedia REST API under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and GFDL
  16. A Wikipedia page is gone.

January 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2023 January 31

  1. Redirection
  2. provincial-level cities vs province-level cities
  3. Copyright and drafts
  4. Very dubious reference, with pseudoscience in first sentence
  5. Hungarian Wikipedia
  6. New Layout ...
  7. Editing O.R. Melling Page (mine)
  8. What is accounting
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