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October 26[edit]

Just a quick question[edit]

Hi. I had previously made more than 900 edits as an IP over the last several months and I finally decided to make an account. I was just wondering, is there any way that my previous edits and talk page could be attributed to my new account? Thanks. Survivorfan1995 (talk) 03:47, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to Wikipedia:Changing username (point #2 under Limits and Restrictions), what you're asking for is not possible. Sorry. Dismas|^(talk) 05:00, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

... but, as it says a little further down the same page: "You may wish to inform others of previous username(s) via a simple statement on your user page, or use of {{user previous account}}." - David Biddulph (talk) 05:08, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

but note that doing so means that your new account will be tied to the information that is available about IP edits- geolocation etc. information that is not available for viewing from your registered account. so make sure that you are ok with being publicly identified like that.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 14:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Canaanism[edit]

May I suggest that the reference to Hofmann, Klaus, ‘Canaanism,’ Middle Eastern Studies, 47, 2 (March 2011), 273 – 294 be included in the Wikipedia article "Canaanism". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.68.106.219 (talk) 07:45, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Generally sources are not added to Wikipedia article for the sake of including them. The references listed in Canaanism are actually used in that article, and the external links in that article are added based on Wikipedia:External links. -- Jreferee (talk) 12:56, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I encourage you to find a statement in the article that (a) is lacking a source and (b) is supported by information in the article you mention. Then by adding a reference (see WP:REFB) for that statement, you're helping Wikipedia by (a) telling readers that the footnoted sentence is supported, and (b) getting a good source onto the article page.

Alternatively, at least post a note at Talk:Canaanism that this source exists, and that someone might find it useful in footnoting and/or enlarging the article. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:34, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can not get a diff[edit]

When I went to use a diff from a recent ANI post, I noticed that some of the post history at ANI has been struck out, but the text of those posts still are on the ANI page. Any idea what happened? -- Jreferee (talk) 12:49, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:Page history, where it says "In rare cases... see Revision deletion and Oversight...". In this case, something was posted at 15:35 and not removed until 22:53. To keep everyone from seeing what it was, all the revisions between those times have to be made inaccessible. -- John of Reading (talk) 13:43, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Depending on what was done, I was told adminstrators can see the diffs in some cases.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:02, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How to add another language's article on the same subject?[edit]

I remember a while ago this can be done by adding something like [[fr:Wikipédia]] at the end of the article, but now I don't see any list of such code at the end of any article even though the left-hand tab says that the article has other languages counterpart. At the left-hand tab there is a link that says "Edit links", and it takes me to another page that list all different language version of this article. But I cannot link an existing article here, because it says "Site link Foo is already used by item Q1234567. Perhaps the items should be merged and one of them deleted? Feel free to ask at Project chat if you are unsure. ". Giabd789 (talk) 21:12, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Help:Interlanguage_links, and see if it helps. RudolfRed (talk) 21:44, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I went ahead and did it [1]. But how come the other languages are listed in the left hand side without adding what I added? How did they add the link? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Giabd789 (talk • contribs) 23:37, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I added it to Wikidata (see d:Q3102918) and merged the duplicate. ~Hue Sat Lum 23:53, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

about divorce[edit]

if a wife forces her husband to divorse herself and husband anounces tripple divorce at the same time. would the full divorce placed or it will counted just one divorce and what`s the purpose of iddat after divorce. thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.26.216.145 (talk) 22:20, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We don't provide legal advice, contact a lawyer. CTF83! 23:06, 26 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The IP is inquiring about a concept in Islamic religious law, not Western law. You are right that we can't help here, but I found there are numerous Web sites that discuss talaq (divorce) and this specific issue -- the IP just needs to search for them (or contact someone familiar with Islamic law). The Wikipedia article Divorce (Islamic) may be of some help. Dwpaul (talk) 01:32, 27 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And if you need help, contact the Humanities reference desk.— Vchimpanzee · talk · contributions · 21:45, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]