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August 24[edit]

SignBot?[edit]

SignBot hasn't made a contribution in the last couple days. The bot's owner's talk page says that their life is in chaos and may be hard to reach. So, in order to avoid trying to contact them for what may be a small thing, I'm asking here. Has there been a change or some other thing that has disabled SignBot? Dismas|^(talk) 03:28, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually User:SineBot. Thanks for your help.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 21:52, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to learn more about editing infoboxes[edit]

I recently came upon a situation in which I wanted to improve an existing infobox but I'm confused regarding the details as to how to do so. Could someone please explain it to me, or direct me where I could find more details? I already read H:IB but did not find the info on that page as detailed and useful as I'd wish it were. As none other than an example for my question.. (My example is purely for the same of serving as an example to my question.)

To add additional fields to the already existing infobox Template:Infobox_dot-com_company, how would I do that? (please walk me thru what the steps would be if you don't mind)
If I wanted to rename and/or reorder some of the fields that already exist within that infobox so that it matches the similar infobox Template:Infobox_company would it be ok for me to do so and if so, how would I do that and would I have to update every article that uses the infobox if I modified an existing field?
If I open the edit window to modify the Template:Infobox_dot-com_company infobox there is a button at the top that reads Manage TemplateData but within that window there is nothing.. so I checked several infoboxes to see if there would be any content in the Manage TemplateData window but all the ones I checked, there was no data in that section.. so I'm wondering what that button/section is for and what it's proper usage would be like?

Anyone who may take the time to explain .. just to make it easier for you .. I am a professional front-end/back-end web developer so you can get technical and I should understand you. :p And thanks in advance! David Condrey (talk) 03:29, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I understand infoboxes, re-ordering the fields will reorder them on every article. (Some caching may occur, so the change may not be seen immediately.) Changing the name of a field will break every infobox in the articles that use that infobox. So if you were to change "residence" to "home town" for example, none of the articles that use the infobox would have a "residence" entry any more. Not until each article has been edited to update the infobox with the new field name. If you remove a field from the template, that field will no longer be shown to the reader though will remain in the source code of the article. We have an actual example of this already. Right now Template:Infobox adult biography no longer has a hair color field. But it used to. And many of the articles that use that particular infobox still have "hair color" in the source code for the infobox. Hope this helps your understanding. Dismas|^(talk) 03:47, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How to finish up a short edit?[edit]

I worked as Michael Spivak's personal assistant and American editor on this series. Later I taught television production for 8 years at Red River College in Winnipeg. Two of my former TV students are Diana Swain of CBC News and Dawna Friesen of Global TV News. However, I taught them both years after I worked with Michael on this TV series. It can be verified by looking at the TV credits!

Serena Stone — Preceding unsigned comment added by SerenaStone88 (talk • contribs)

I presume that you are complaining about this reversion from the Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist page. After reading our verifiability policy and our conflict of interest guideline you can discuss the issue on the article talk page. SpinningSpark 09:23, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

ok to remove my email address from an archived page?[edit]

I unwisely put my email address on a Talk page which is now ARchived. Is it ok for me to edit the archived page to delete it? Tomtul2 (talk) 04:09, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Dismas|^(talk) 04:17, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPage[edit]

Admin needed to counter the backlog on the above page. I am posting this here because I have applied for the permission. Sorry, if anyone doesn't like this method. Thanks.--Skr15081997 (talk) 08:35, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The place to ask for an administrator is Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard, but you need to show some patience, you only made the request a couple of hours ago. SpinningSpark 09:13, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

sorry, again.--Skr15081997 (talk) 09:24, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Big Three (University of California)[edit]

I am doubt is it a self-study written by the user himself/ herself: Big Three (University of California). Not just because I never find such a term in University of California materials, search in Google (except directed to Wikipedia), but also, you may not find such a term in ALL footnotes and external source he/ she cites.

Please also note that the user only creates this page, and posts the link to other pages after registration e.g. Princeton University.

Are you suggesting that the page should be deleted? If so, you need Articles for Deletion. SpinningSpark 09:33, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but I am not so sure how shall process.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.184.231.1 (talk • contribs)

The instructions are here (part of the page I linked above). Be careful to follow them exactly, it is quite complex. You will not be able to complete the process because you do not have an account, but the instructions tell you where to ask for someone to complete it for you. SpinningSpark 10:06, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

really complex, don't know how to do...— Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.184.231.1 (talk • contribs)

Since the user is an unregistered editor (aka IP address), he or she can't complete the complex process. I have completed the nomination.

Done Robert McClenon (talk) 18:34, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Robert. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.184.231.1 (talk • contribs)

Well, this is weird...[edit]

Something very odd is going on over at William Shatner. The addition seems to check out at first glance, but it's becoming very edit war-like very quickly, and we could use some additional eyes. Remember not to bite any newbies... Evan ^{(talk|contribs)} 14:01, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The basic problem appears to have been conflict of interest edits by a related person, which may not have been adequately sourced. It appears that SpinningSpark has taken care of the issue by explaining the policy. If the problem recurs, please report it at the BLP noticeboard. (The newbie has been informed of the policy, and says that he will comply. If not, BLPN is the place to reply.) Robert McClenon (talk) 18:19, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ivan Smolović[edit]

The article under name Ivan Smolović is delated because is created on wrong way. Now he is blocked. Can somebody help me to unblock this name because i wanna create article under name Ivan Smolovic with good sources. Dear Wikipedia please do something about that and help me. Talk with administors and help me. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cicimau (talk • contribs) 17:29, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Cicimau, I have passed your request on to the admin who placed the protection, see User talk:GiantSnowman. Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 17:49, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Followup, GiantSnowman's reply can be found here [1]. The subject does not pass noticeability criteria. -- Taketa (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect question[edit]

Dear editors: I accepted an AfC submission moved it to Boeme. The I realized it should be Boëme, so I moved it again. Now the first title is a good redirect, but should I remove the template which says that is there because the page was moved, when in fact in should remain as a standalone redirect? —Anne Delong (talk) 18:05, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It should make no difference. I would leave things as they are. -- Sincerely, Taketa (talk) 18:10, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Undo redirect[edit]

I'm trying to edit 'anterior cruciate ligament injury'. Some of the described tests would be better off in a stub, or even eventual page of their own. An example is 'Lachman test', but I cannot create a stub because it redirects to the main page. I think the redirect says some thing like ....redirect anterior cruciate ligament injury#lachman test. .. How do I overcome that? Many thanks Mdscottis (talk) 18:50, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mdscottis. When you find "redirect anterior cruciate ligament injury#lachman test", just edit that page. The code will be something like #REDIRECT [[...]], and you can replace that with the stub article. Anon126 (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 18:59, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) You would need to edit the page and remove the text: #REDIRECT X X X X X

Before moving existing content, be aware of and follow Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:02, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Mdscottis: If the issue is that you do not know how to access the redirect to do what is described above, there are a number of ways; I'll describe one. When you land on the redirected-to page you will see at the top left of the page just below its title "(Redirected from Some Name)"; click on that blue link to the name and you will be on the redirect page itself.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:47, 25 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sandip Goswami[edit]

Hallo Sir/Madam, I have been trying to write an article about our favorite poet, philosopher Sandip Goswami.Everything is true with reference. But the page is deleted by your admins. I don't understand what is your reliable sources. So I am hopeless. Please solve our problem. Now We think think think that Wikipedia is insulting up-growing personalities and show called editors like me. We are editing and admins are deleting. Who are wrong ! I have no interest about these stupid play. I know that I am hundred percent true. But your admins are baseless elements. They are able to delete a page not a poet. I strongly protest about your stupid system. Please read his books in Amazon and other world wide book stores. Good bye.

@Soukarsha Dutta: The article, Sandip Goswami has been twice deleted not because of lack of references or because it is not true, but because nothing in the articles explained why the subject was notable or important. You may want to read Wikipedia:General notability guideline. If Wikipedia accepted all articles, regardless of importance, it would be overflowing with pages. π♂101 (talk) 21:53, 24 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]