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March 27[edit]

Featured Article[edit]

March 26 your Featured Article states that the Yukon Territory is Canada's smallest Province. Did you miss PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND? Or is P E I so small your author overlooked it?

At least Wikipedia's article on Prince Edward Island ALSO states that it is Canada's smallest province — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.248.219.72 (talk) 00:21, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You say March 26 but your post was made March 27 UTC. You say featured article but I guess you mean featured list: Wikipedia:Today's featured list/March 27, 2015. It doesn't say Yukon Territory is Canada's smallest Province. It says Yukon Territory is the smallest of Canada's three territories. A territory and a province is not the same. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Book Creator function[edit]

I'd be grateful if you could either a) answer my questions, or b) point me in the right direction to get help. The Teahouse is probably not the most appropriate area to pose these questions. Ever since I discovered the Create a Book feature I've had a lot of problems with it. 1. How do you delete a book page that has no content? I made a mistake and then it creates another page with the mistaken title. But how do you completely clear the empty book user page? 2. Is it possible to see all your unfinished books listed somewhere? 3. If you have several books in process, how do you look them up? I don't see a way to locate your books. 3. Is it possible to preview the book before downloading or printing? 4. Are you able to format the text of your book (font etc.)? 5. Can you access another users main page by typing User:xxx somewhere? Where would you type in a user's name? Thanks much, Bill Swamixyz (talk) 00:50, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the duplication

My apologies. My bad. Swamixyz (talk) 01:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. I have removed the duplicate post. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:19, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Swamixyz:

1. Pages can only be deleted by administrators. You can request deletion of a userspace page by placing {{db-u1}} on it.

2 and first 3. The book creator tool can only work on one book at a time without saving it. Click "Contributions" at the top of any page to see all your edits, including to saved books. Click "Subpages" at the bottom of that page to see a list of your userspace pages including books.

Second 3. I don't know a way to preview a book without downloading it.

4. I don't think you can add any formatting to books, apart from article titles with piped links as shown at Help:Books/for experts.

5. You can type User:xxx in the search box to see another users user page, or click a link to the user, for example on the username in a signature or page history. Many users have no user page. A red link on the username means there is no user page.

PrimeHunter (talk) 01:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Odd bug with top icons[edit]

Something odd happened maybe within just the last few hours with the ordering of my user page top icons. I have them here User:Gaff/Gaff Top Icons then use{{User:Gaff/Gaff Top Icons}} to display them on various subpages. Until just now, the gnome mushroom has been on the far right, with all the DYKs lined up next to the mushroom, then the GAs to the left of the DYKs. Now the mushroom is on the far left, and the GAs are placed in the middle of the DYKs. There is also now a huge chunk of whitespace beneath, which did not use to be there. Thoughts? --Gaff (talk) 02:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To me in Firefox, everything currently looks as your description of how it was before. I guess it's about the recent edits to {{Top icon}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:08, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

seem all lined up properly to me in IE, firefox and chrome. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:32, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing with the mobile version of Wikipedia and Wiktionary[edit]

Problem: I cannot edit the entire page, only sections. --User000name (talk) 03:32, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@User000name: As far as I'm aware, that's simply how the app and mobile views of Wikipedia are built, unfortunately. If that's an issue, in the mobile browser, you may scroll to the bottom and select "Desktop" - this will load the article as it would appear on a desktop browser, and will allow you to edit the whole article at once. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 03:40, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing errors on Sibton[edit]

Reference help requested.

Thanks, Katiealdridge (talk) 04:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed one referencing error from the Sibton article. The problem was a "title" field that contained "pipe" characters, |. The pipe character is used in the reference template to separate fields, so this confused the template-handler. Maproom (talk) 09:05, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Contributions[edit]

I wanted to check my edit count, but I got this message: "No webservice
The URI you have requested, /xtools-ec/?user=Rms125a%40hotmail.com&project=en.wikipedia.org, is not currently serviced."
What to do? Can it be fixed?
Thanks. (P.S.: I know my username is an email address. It was grandfathered in ages ago, and I no longer use that email anyway, so no worries.) My signature is different. Quis separabit? 04:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's down for me too. Meanwhile, you can check out [1], [2] or [3] --Fauzan ^{✆ talk}_{✉ mail} 05:48, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Forgotten image filename[edit]

I uploaded an image file to Wikipedia Commons for inclusion in an Article I am editing. Unfortunately, I promptly forgot the name under which the file was saved. Is there a good method I can find the file name again? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prkprescott (talk • contribs) 08:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Was it one of the images in the list of your contributions to Wikimedia Commons? Maproom (talk) 09:10, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File:Concord Production Company Opening Logo.ogv[edit]

I would ask for the restoration of this file --79.2.2.146 (talk) 10:57, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

if you are the blocked or banned user who initially uploaded it in contravention of your block/ban, the answer will be: no.-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

nudity in photographs[edit]

The photography accompanying this film is of a sexual nature, is there any wikipedia policy against such things? Aphrodite (film)Alligators1974 (talk) 12:06, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not censored Theroadislong (talk) 12:16, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Content on Wikipedia is generally not censored, this doesn't give carte blanche to put up anything. In this case its the original poster for the film, and would hard to replace with a less offensive version. - X201 (talk) 12:18, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Our Company Details, History and Brief Information has to be put in Wikipedia. How could i do it?[edit]

Our Company Details, History and Brief Information has to be put in Wikipedia. How could i do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Automotive Manufactures (talk • contribs) 12:30, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a directory nor mandated to do anything. Subjects get an article about them 1) if the meet the basic requirements for a stand alone article and 2) when a volunteer decides to write about the subject. Because you have a conflict of interest, you should NOT create an article about your company and should only suggest edits about the company on article talk pages. You can suggest that a volunteer create an article by making a suggestion at WP:RA. Suggestions are more likely to be acted upon if you provide links to reliably published third party sources that discuss the company. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 12:34, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Also, there may be a problem with your username, see WP:CORPNAME - X201 (talk) 12:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

hi[edit]

I need to get help with the wikicode, I have posted over there but have gotten no response--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What help do you need ??-- Moxy (talk) 13:35, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Moxy (hello again) I have a guy on wikiproject med (he speaks French) he needs help with the wikicode, --Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:39, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What are the odds I speak French......On my way. -- Moxy (talk) 13:51, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

thanks--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 13:54, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Np all better now I think -- Moxy (talk) 14:09, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

your amazing, what would I do without you--Ozzie10aaaa (talk) 14:14, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have posted to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Medicine#CKS, a service of NICE. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

what is the pick nos for the new cape verde 200 escudos polymer notes 2014[edit]

Question is astray.--ukexpat (talk) 18:07, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

I wanted to send some cape verde 2014 polymer 200 escudos ZA replacement notes to PMG for grading BUT there is no known pick catalogues no for reference. what is the anticipated nos which pick will be allocating to it? thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.74.18.238 (talk) 16:42, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Bulk edit wikilinks[edit]

I recently moved a page and there are links linking to the new page from the old page that should link the the old, renamed page. How can I bulk edit these wikilinks to change to this old page? Buffaboy (talk) 18:14, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unless you're replacing the old title with a different article, or it's misspelled or such, don't worry about it. See WP:NOTBROKEN. —Cryptic 18:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Its a different article. I've edited two navboxes which were providing most of the incorrect links. Will wait for changes to work their way through and see what is left. - X201 (talk) 20:19, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If there were links to an existing article, and that article is renamed/moved, then a link known as a redirect will be left from the previous title to the new title. The redirect will preserve the working of the existing link. As the above descriptions explain, there is no need to edit, let alone to bulk edit, wikilinks from old pages to new pages. Redirects serve that purpose, and are mostly behind the scenes. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects are an important feature of Wikipedia that are especially useful if a person, place, or thing is known by more than one name. Some new editors think that, when a person, place, or thing is known by more than one name, it is a good idea to copy and paste the article to a new article with the other name. That would be undesirable because it would require that all future edits be made in two places and be the same. Redirects permit the article to have one primary title and alternate secondary titles that also work. Robert McClenon (talk) 20:45, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There used to be one Women's Hockey League article. Now that a new league has started the user has renamed the old league and started a new article for the new league. The redirect points to the new article, not the old one. Users expecting the old league have to navigate back to it via a dab. - X201 (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

how do I add images (photographs) to my article[edit]

I've managed to get my article on La Verna cave in France accepted -hallelujah- and am now in the process of tearing my hair out trying to add two photographs. I uploaded them, got as far as "Thanks for uploading", but now what?!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Camuspeleo (talk • contribs) 20:15, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 20:31, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Fr. James Martin: I'm not a "Leftist" Priest[edit]

Dear Wikipedia:

I'm a big fan and use you all the time, but I noticed that on the page about me (which I've never added to and don't edit) I'm described as a "Leftist." Could you please delete that? Also, the photo you're using for me (which pops up in searches) is not me.

James Martin (Jesuit)

Thanks. Father James Martin, SJ

Here's more information if you need it: https://www.facebook.com/FrJamesMartin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.214.228 (talk) 20:17, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Done - thanks for pointing that out. Such an overly generalizing qualifier may be appropriate, if it was sourced by some neutral reliable sources. This one was not and is deleted now. GermanJoe (talk) 20:27, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PS, about the image problem:

Are you by any chance referring to a photo or text shown to the right of a Google search? Google's Knowledge Graph uses a wide variety of sources. There may be a text paragraph ending with "Wikipedia" to indicate that particular text was copied from Wikipedia. An image and other text before or after the Wikipedia excerpt may be from sources completely unrelated to Wikipedia. We have no control over how Google presents our information, but Google's Knowledge Graph has a "Feedback" link where anyone can mark a field as wrong. GermanJoe (talk) 20:33, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

PPS -I've movbed the article to James Martin (priest) on the basis that disambiguating titles should be as generic as possible.--ukexpat (talk) 20:38, 27 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]