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September 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 1

  1. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  2. Template misbehavior
  3. Semi Protect Edit Request
  4. Vandalism help request from Sentientwo
  5. Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson
  6. Userboxgroup
  7. Queries regarding block account
  8. Edit request
  9. Multilingual links without going to mobile pages?
  10. How do I start a discussion with another user on the talk page?
  11. Image links in a navbox?
  12. References
  13. Salisbury Police Department edits removed by someone not associated with our agency
  14. WP death
  15. Question about article

September 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 2

  1. Robert Lacey
  2. Michael Middleton (British businessman)
  3. What to do when users won't reply and slow down the editing process?
  4. Renaming an article that does not have a "more/move" tab
  5. Create new Wikipedia page for a specific artist
  6. Claim of page and ownership
  7. Dontae Sharpe
  8. How do I report an IP?
  9. Need Help Posting A New Article
  10. Polychain Capital
  11. 2022 in American Music
  12. Tool to move refs into the reflist?
  13. Bisexuality Article
  14. Ida effects to the Northeastern US
  15. Whitewashing
  16. Wrong data and facts
  17. Reducing image size

September 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 3

  1. Alphabetisation of Länsiviitta
  2. Collapsible Tables
  3. Print
  4. Creating a page about my boss
  5. Need 0.5 acre for convert template
  6. Can't find my declined article
  7. Post nominals: Template:Small vs Template:Post-nominals
  8. Why didn't my proposed article disappear?
  9. Staveley FC 1927
  10. Notability of award

September 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 4

  1. Disabling search suggestions
  2. Tagging Error
  3. Reassess Haukilahti
  4. How to display current time?
  5. Using Social Media Posts as Reference
  6. Request move
  7. Details to include in top line of artist page
  8. My home
  9. How to interlink language to other Wikipedia languages?
  10. Wikipedia Google Page Information on People and Things
  11. Article verification
  12. AFC decline notification to wrong user?
  13. Maya cave sites
  14. Yaoi Press
  15. The information on my page
  16. Sorting table duplicates & splits cells

September 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 5

  1. Logging In
  2. Surname vs Disambiguation pages
  3. Wikipedia needs more shields in List of road routes in Victoria
  4. Module_talk:Wd#Making sure pieces of data belong to each other?
  5. About draft ( Dasith Nipuna Gamage)
  6. Wrong photo in an article about guitarist Magnus Andersson

September 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 6

  1. Vandalism help request from RW Dutton
  2. Need help with infobox person code at Paul Volcker
  3. The Watchlist stylesheet just changed (eww!)
  4. Puppets
  5. Editting an Archived AfD
  6. Essay
  7. Note list

September 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 7

  1. Trying to update my own information
  2. How could I see statistics on the number of 'edit by mobile?'
  3. Umbrello
  4. Translation from Korean
  5. Question regarding COI when the author/editor concerned has a deleted account
  6. Draft review
  7. Help to log in without authentication device
  8. vandalization of my page
  9. How should I submit an article for the "help out" page
  10. A reason for delete
  11. 2022 Major League Baseball season article
  12. Receiving Notifications when my page is edited without permission.
  13. Changing display title of page
  14. Uploading collegiate logo under free use policy

September 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 8

  1. Artiste
  2. I'm from Korean Wikipedia, and I would like to try to change default header color of navbox.
  3. How do I find help/support for the translation of a Wikipedia article?
  4. Logo
  5. References
  6. Creating a new Wikipedia page
  7. Template:Trim
  8. Cousin marriage - United Kingdom paragraphs
  9. Wekipedia musical artiste profile display
  10. What is a suitable infobox for an article about a database of green technologies?
  11. template question
  12. uploading a photo
  13. "Commenting out" whole paragraphs or citations while rewriting
  14. Two articles called Michel Roux
  15. Default watchlist duration

September 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 9

  1. How do I notify you that someone has passed so that her page can reflect this?
  2. Trying to edit article but changes not reflecting.
  3. Template
  4. the sentence of the last paragraph of china economy should be deleted.
  5. Formatting tables side by side
  6. Not sure how to edit notelist
  7. Which is the best free-use ?
  8. How do I best open a discussion involving several pages?
  9. Vandalism complaint

September 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 10

  1. Alcohol and their first explorers
  2. Anyone know what's up with reftag.appspot.com?
  3. Getting convert to prefix with < and > (less than/greater than)
  4. Jehanzeb Aziz
  5. Dance
  6. FIFA Women's World Cup
  7. How to write infoboxes for historical states
  8. Template:infobox country appeal
  9. What is a good infobox for Accessible Books Consortium?
  10. Incorrect proxy IP blocking of part of the UN, how do I request this is changed?
  11. Is a critical review, such as an album review, a secondary source?
  12. Infobox
  13. Add Churches as a table of information on a town's page
  14. Please explain how to add an additional name to an already existing page

September 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 11

  1. How to import a file from mr.wikipedia.org
  2. Converting English pounds to US$
  3. why are you trying to delete the "Chattertocks" page. Are you an embittered ex-boyfriend?
  4. Nebuchadnezzar II
  5. Wikipedia:Cleanup/Information sidebar
  6. How do I report planned vandalism?
  7. how do i get a wikki pedea facebook
  8. Vandalism on page
  9. 9/11 page vandalized
  10. Changes to Winter (dolphin) page

September 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 12

  1. Back link from links
  2. constructive or unconstructive editing
  3. What to do about a partially unconstructive IP editor?
  4. What can I do about it when this page is miscategorized badly: bioherbicide ? it isn't medical toxicology.
  5. How to track lengthy WP discussions
  6. Racism in Wikipedia
  7. How to translate a French Wiki article into English
  8. Christoph Waltz
  9. How do I recover my password after changing my email address?
  10. Using an entity's website as a source?
  11. Linking to a redirect in a navigational template
  12. Italicizing Article Title
  13. How do I revert an edit when there is no undo button?
  14. Submit new bio

September 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 13

  1. Paul Drewitt author page
  2. Special pages
  3. What links to Commons?
  4. Template message on Kate Zambreno's page
  5. COI Edit Request
  6. Wikipedia Bio
  7. Updating a footnote link

September 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 14

  1. Captcha not working
  2. How to import a file to mr.wikipedia.org
  3. Username Issue
  4. If I have someone translate a source between languages/registers, and I make one or more edits based on that translation, would that breach our original-research/shared-accounts policies or the Creative Commons attribution requirement?
  5. What software does Wikimedia/Wikipedia use to create maps for nations?
  6. Gauging the relevance & appropriateness to add much info
  7. What is a 'non-trivial' mention in the context of a book?
  8. Good article nomination
  9. Date range on cite web
  10. Saving a New Wikipedia Page without Publishing

September 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 15

  1. Photograph request
  2. Why should we not use inequality mark in wikipedia? (><)
  3. Wikipedia:Cleanup/Information sidebar (done)
  4. Football teams templates
  5. i have a word i made up
  6. How to write article for Wikipedia
  7. Undelete
  8. Deletion Discussion Result Mismatch
  9. Image thumbnail over 100 MP error
  10. Wikilnk to log search results?
  11. Remove article.
  12. Public holidays

September 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 16

  1. Edit button on a template
  2. Goofy from Mickey Mouse
  3. Roundhay
  4. History of my serches
  5. Vital records
  6. Hi WikiEditors
  7. Need help to write a biography
  8. Viewing history
  9. en.wikipedia.org vs en.m.wikipedia.org
  10. Authority control transclusion trouble
  11. How can I make my page go live?
  12. activity log

September 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 17

  1. Admins, please remove 2 foul rants...
  2. {{request edit}} Update Filmography Amira El Sayed
  3. unable to request Page protection for The Grand Tour
  4. Erhard Auer needs German translator with fluent English
  5. 2022 Winter Olympics article error
  6. TV
  7. The Italian Coffee Company
  8. Starting a WikiProject

September 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 18

  1. linking other language page to english language
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_actors_from_the_Golden_Age_of_Hollywood
  3. iPhone app does not show numbers
  4. Editing the link on a redirect page
  5. Romani Wikipedia
  6. Google Books citation tool alternatives...
  7. How to put a Wikipedia page on Google Search
  8. Broken labeled section transclusion in Argumentation theory
  9. How to use an epub document for referencing?

September 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 19

  1. What on earth happened to the Great Lakes in the interactive maps?
  2. Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra
  3. Publish

September 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 20

  1. Privileges to delete pages.
  2. John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford
  3. Are school yearbooks reliable sources to verify graduation year?
  4. Nonsensical TV episode color coding
  5. Template:Wikimedia Foundation
  6. Maintenance Tag Question
  7. GDPR
  8. Redirect Categories

September 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 21

  1. Edit information about a person
  2. Are mailing lists referencable?
  3. How to display stock price chart?
  4. Policy on birth names
  5. Questions on template usage
  6. Preventing a page from being repeatedly vandalised?
  7. Stéphane Auger on Wikipedia
  8. Help to publish an article from Draft to Mainspace - user : Altiora
  9. spygate
  10. Donation

September 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 22

  1. How to edit wikepedia
  2. Edit war on 2021 California gubernatorial recall election
  3. Deaths in Baseball
  4. Information about my father
  5. Harv error
  6. Christopher Ashley
  7. :History of street lighting in the United States
  8. Draft:Peartrea

September 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 23

  1. non-sexist language for back when all competitors were men?
  2. when was the site last updated?
  3. Does a method or script to prune my watchlist exist?
  4. Remove "Draft:" from the title of a page
  5. What is considered published?
  6. Why did FormalDude undo my edit on Lewis (given name) and call it "unconstructive"?
  7. How to revert back two versions
  8. artical creation..???
  9. A 2O needed
  10. Google index not done
  11. "Best known for"
  12. How to track a rename request
  13. Hello I am Xavier Tassin creator of GeoFs flight simulator,
  14. An old Wiki page that is gone?

September 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 24

  1. Assault Pistol - page
  2. My first draft, what should i do next?
  3. lokiOttawa
  4. Seeing total number of edits on an article
  5. Translation
  6. Help with EasyTimeline
  7. Noticeboard for WP:SOAP?
  8. question relating to an existing page in Dutch ('Hélène Passtoors)
  9. Template editors help needed
  10. Converting 18th century English pounds into today's American dollars + inflation

September 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 25

  1. Fair use
  2. website

September 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 26

  1. Can I submit first party biographical info?
  2. Question on Copyvio
  3. Native American article title
  4. I disagree with an edit on the "Cabazon Dinosaurs" article.
  5. Help needed from Russian wikipedians, specifically runet and Valknut direct connect software
  6. An issue with organizing complex user-made infoboxes.
  7. Interrupting a Twinkle Script
  8. Making and updating a page remotely

September 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 27

  1. Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
  2. Request to correct the Thai spelling
  3. wp editors have no rights
  4. HELP
  5. Edited my first draft, and answered all the comments. keep the comments?
  6. On user page content with personal identifying info
  7. Help indenting Gallery in Talk replies
  8. Help with dispute resolution
  9. Vandalism help request from 109.249.184.207
  10. PRIVO
  11. I'm the WEB DEVELOPER FOR KAYLAPERKINS.COM
  12. non-Wikipedia question

September 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 28

  1. Hello i am the person who is being slandered on this wikipedia page LOW TIER GOD
  2. The 2018 Revenue of LabCorp is incorrect
  3. Font size
  4. Can I start a new article about "Synthetic Data"?
  5. Request to check edits. September 28, 2021 Shaban R. Article "Wikipedia".
  6. Opus Dei COI, Possible sockpuppetry, Confused GAR nominator
  7. WikiProject
  8. Hostile behavioral editor encounter
  9. Completely Erroneous Entry
  10. Developing an article is too complicated

September 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 29

  1. Delete a file I posted long ago
  2. Albert Kitson, 2nd Baron Airedale
  3. greatings
  4. Is notability same as fame?
  5. Editor has overwritten a redirect with an article about an unrelated, seemingly NN subject
  6. famous personality blocked to create english wikipedia page .
  7. Where do I post this?
  8. Hyapatia Lee page
  9. How to upload and article
  10. Are self-created pages from public figures okay?
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Telecommunication
  12. Link not appearing
  13. Finding other pages using the same source?
  14. Ivory-billed woodpecker Wikipedia entry
  15. WikiProject progression tracker

September 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2021 September 30

  1. How to link two separate pages of a newspaper article in a single reference
  2. Would it be appropriate for me to contribute this page?
  3. Category to use for WLM photography competition
  4. Account or Page Name Change
  5. Reggaeton music
  6. Impersonation of famous living people?
  7. change username
  8. Screwed up location of References on American Red Cross
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