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April 13

rename request

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Please rename Talk:Will Eisner/Archive 6 to Talk:Will Eisner/Archive 1. Appears to have been created by a mis-named call to the archive bot. Thank you,--76.14.40.2 (talk) 00:24, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved it, corrected the call to the archive bot, & requested speedy deletion of the old title to leave it clear for when required later. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:22, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

"Editing" option changing to "Edit source"

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When logged in, I had the option for a while to edit pages; in particular, I could edit the featured section on the right, with the article's featured image. Now after a while, it just says "Edit source" and that's my only option. It's like that editing option just randomly went away or changed. What is the cause of this? If it's a strike due to violating rules, I haven't received any notification of any kind that I've violated anything or that certain privileges are revoked. Any idea how to fix this?

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Benparkerfb (talk • contribs) 02:07, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Not far up this page (before it was archived) you ~~will~~ see that this or a similar question has been asked a few times (such as at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 April 12#Editsource and Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2016 April 12#Edit source?) and answered. What isn't clear is why the WMF apparently changed things for many editors without warning them that this was going to happen. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:15, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken the liberty of updating the above response in case anyone still wants to see the details.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 18:08, 22 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

updates without references

In Panavia Tornado, an editor made changes [[1]] but they are "hiding" in a 5 year old reference. I have no reason to believe they are wrong, but they aren't supported by references. In this case, is it better to revert them as unreferenced or just tag them with needing better references? Another issue may be should this section even be here because of the extra work keeping it accurate when the same information is also in List of Panavia Tornado operators. (But that question could be left to the article talk page.) MB (talk) 02:57, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I've gone ahead and reverted the edit, as the reference does not support the change. If there is a better/newer reference supporting the change, it should be re-added. And I agree, the operators list issue should be discussed on the article talk page. Rwessel (talk) 04:18, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

1981 Collage World Series

The page on your website 1981 Collage World Series has some incorrect information on the ASU roster for the 1981 baseball team. Player listed as number six is wrong. Number six was Bert Martinez. This can be verified at the Arizona State University athletic department or any archives from that year. How do we make that correction?04:16, 13 April 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.147.144.42 (talk)

Hello. If you can cite a reliable published source, you are welcome to edit the article, citing the source. (Unpublished archives are not acceptable as sources). If you do not have a source, or if you are not sure how to cite a source (it is a little complicated when you are new to it - see referencing for beginners - your best course is to post a note on the article's take page explaining the change that you think should be made, and see if somebody else can find a published source. --ColinFine (talk) 07:04, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

hacker

List of unusual deaths has been hacked — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.173.161 (talk) 06:18, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

hacker its gone noe

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List of unusual deaths was hacked with porn now its not there — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.173.161 (talk) 06:20, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'm seeing no indication in any of the file histories that anything has been changed on our end. Assuming you're not crying wolf, the more likely explanation that remains is that your computer has a virus or something else on it, which you need to solve. Ian.thomson (talk) 06:27, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

This was vandalism at Template:Bracket, which affected many articles. The template has been protected. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:30, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for mentioning this, John. I was just looking at an email from a reader at OTRS who reported some porn on an article which I could not find in the page history, but I see that the article uses that template so I was able to respond to them.--S Philbrick (Talk) 14:39, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Sphilbrick: Just below the "Edit" box is the list of "Pages transcluded onto the current version of this page". At the top of the list are the templates that were edited most recently. If you install User:Anomie/previewtemplatelastmod.js you will also see the date, time, editor and edit summary of the last edit, which makes cases like this easy to diagnose. -- John of Reading (talk) 16:13, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--S Philbrick (Talk) 20:41, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

prior to the ref number 18, there is a 'not in citation" tag. Yet the information about the jobs of both Michael and Carole Middleton is CLERALY in ref number 18. Has someone been a vandal? Please remove the "not in citation" tag. thanks 101.189.0.102 (talk) 11:21, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article amended in line with source: the source says that Carole Middleton was an "air stewardess" for BA but doesn't specify a place or dates. The preceding para says she was a "flight attendant" so no need to repeat that: Noyster (talk), 11:39, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting a failed contribution

Hi there, How do I delete all my unsuccessful contributions?

Best, Nathalie — Preceding unsigned comment added by NathalieDS (talk • contribs) 12:20, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@NathalieDS, if you're referring to Draft:RISE Management Consulting, you don't need to do anything. If nobody works on the draft in future it will be routinely deleted about six months after the last edit. Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 12:42, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Or for a quicker response you can place {{Db-g7}} at the top of the page and it will be deleted, probably within a few hours. Eagleash (talk) 16:39, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Surviving WWII Veteran

I had research "oldest surviving WWII veteran. As my father is 93 years old and a decorated WWII veteran I wanted to make sure he was recognized. In short I want to know what I have to do to get his name in this list. Thank you. Conservitive2 (talk) 13:26, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Conservitive2. Since you haven't identified which of our five million articles you are talking about, it's hard to be sure: we have an article called List of last surviving World War I veterans by country, but I don't see anything comparable for WWII (and indeed, it is probably too early for such a list). We have List of surviving veterans of World War II, but as that says, it is a list of notable surviving veterans, that is to say a list of people who meet Wikipedia's criteria for having an article about them. If that is the page you want your father added to, I'm afraid the answer is that only if he meets those criteria and we have (or could have) a page about him for some reason, may he be added to the list. If you're talking about a different article from the ones I have found, please tell us which one (if you put its title in double square brackets thus [[List of surviving veterans of World War II]], that will link to the article, making it easier for us to go and have a look at it.) --ColinFine (talk) 16:20, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Change spelling of Golden Lions CEO

Please correct the page of our CEO Rudolph Straeuli - his name is spelt wrong. The correct spelling is Rudolf. Thank you

When requesting help with an article, it would be useful to identify the article, which is Rudolph Straeuli. There is an inconsistency as to the spelling of his first name. Unfortunately, the article has no references to reliable sources, so that we cannot tell how his name is spelled by reliable sources. The article also contains language that is not appropriate for Wikipedia, such as that he is infamous for his coaching skills. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:28, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The specific issues mentioned above have been addressed, but much more work is needed to improve the article and to add more references. Dbfirs 21:36, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

flying rods

I have caught on three different occasions flying rods as your show called them. I caught them on my wildlife viewcamcorder. If you are interested in further investigation you can contact me at [personal info redacted]. I can send you the pics if you are interested. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.181.233.23 (talk) 15:37, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? If so, please ask it. If you are asking our help to identify what species they are, you might try the Science Reference Desk. Robert McClenon (talk) 15:42, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think this must be about the artifacts found in camera images, described at Rod (optics). Maproom (talk) 17:07, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Agnes Repplier bibliography

I have compiled a list of 425+ essays/reviews/sketches by essayist Agnes Repplier (periodical/volume/issue/pub dates/page nos.), and would like to add the list (extensive, yet not exhaustive) to WP (similar to WPs Mark Twain bibliography). I believe this may be problematic, however, due to the fact that the effort likely falls under "original research." Much information comes from the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1900-1922 entries), and much from a 1947 manuscript bibliography of "Contributions to Periodicals" (unpublished, unsorted, incomplete listing of contributions) by George Stewart Stokes (Repplier biographer)—which contains some errors/omissions which I have identified and corrected, and may fall itself under "original research" (Stokes bibliographic ms. copy made available from "Agnes Repplier papers, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania."). The remainder of information was gathered from searching facsimile copies of primary sources of periodicals, etc. hosted at Google Books, Hathi Trust, and Archive.org, etc.). Any feedback/suggestions/recommendations welcomed. If the information can not be hosted here, any suggestions for alternate options are also welcomed. Thanks, Londonjackbooks (talk) 15:54, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You might try the Reliable sources noticeboard. WP:RSN They might be able to advise you. Also, at WP:The Wikipedia Library, there may be information of use to you. IMO, compiling a list of sources is not original research! Good luck... Tribe of Tiger (talk) 20:39, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]
If information comes from reliable sources, you cite them, and will not be original research. Of course, author's works are references to themselves, but we are talking about texts not readily available, so it is a good idea to have secondary sources for double-checking the exact title, dates, etc. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:54, 14 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright violation

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The material in the history section (first 3 paragraphs) of Yazidis in Georgia seem to be a copyvio from the reference 3. I'm not sure how far we have to go to make this acceptable. Can someone with experience at handling copyvios please look at this? RJFJR (talk) 16:53, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As copyrighted material is unacceptable, I've removed the material for now (which constitutes the removal of most of the section). If an editor wants to expand the section referencing the page, they can. — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 17:08, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Upon further investigation, the page was originally a copy-paste copyvio, by a user who has now been blocked for constant copyvios. I think that my edit removed the last bit of copyrighted material, so the article should now be clean (apart from the rev history). — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 17:18, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. I knew I should do something like that but couldn't bring my self to throw away so much material at once. I appreciate the help. It's a much better article now. RJFJR (talk) 19:11, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the page i created completely

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Kindly delete the page completely i created with the name of "Hidayatullah Khan Mohmand", I think wikipedia is nor more at success because the customers are not satisfied from you, your website is too hard to understand and use. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Samikhanmohmand (talk • contribs) 16:56, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The page has already been deleted under CSD as it had no references, which it must have as a biography of a living person. Eagleash (talk) 17:00, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text

Fix name into search box — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lawrence Theo (talk • contribs) 17:18, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Lawrence Theo: Could you elaborate on which page you are having problems with so we can help you? — crh ₂₃ (Talk) 19:51, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Article talkpage archiving

How does one archive an article talkpage? Thanks.--Neve –selbert 18:38, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:Archive. Eagleash (talk) 19:16, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

How to edit with a friend

I need to know how to edit with a friend on creating a new article on dear curves fashion lineLucy (talk) 21:54, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Lucy idegwu. It's quite straightforward: one of you creates a draft, and then both of you edit it (from separate accounts). I recomment that you both read your first article first if you haven't already, and create it using the Article wizard. --ColinFine (talk) 22:47, 13 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]