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James A. Clark Jr.[edit]

I am the daughter of James Clark Jr. You have him listed as James A. Clark Jr.

I have corrected the contents and references, but can't change the title of the article, my father's name.

Please make the correction.

Thank you. Martha Clark  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.121.222.88 (talk) 01:33, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Request the change at Talk: James A. Clark Jr., with a reliable source. Robert McClenon (talk) 01:43, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Robert McClenon a check of the article shows that from the start there has never been a source for the middle initial. As near as I can tell none of the references are verifiable online but the obituary makes no mention of a middle initial. I am not sure what the procedure for investigating this further is, but a page move may be reasonable. I will post all of this on the talk page for the article and see if anyone else responds. MarnetteD|Talk 02:07, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Robert McClenon I messed up the ping on my original post so here is one that should work. MarnetteD|Talk 02:16, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done - Moved. Robert McClenon (talk) 02:50, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

auto-sign[edit]

Resolved

– Robotics1 (talk) 13:02, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What am I doing wrong? I have been a contributor/editor for 5 years and always signed with 4 tildes. But now the 4 tildes come back as my name but not in blue (link) and followed by "Preceding unsigned comment added by Robotics1 (talk • contribs)". But it /was/ signed. Same happens if I use the 4-tilde icon. Am I having a brain fade? I know I'm being stupid - can anyone help?

(and here again I will click the 4-tilde icon) Robotics1 08:56, 4 September 2016 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Robotics1 (talk • contribs)

Go to the the "User profile" tab of the Special:Preferences page; scroll down to the Signature section, and uncheck "Treat the above as wiki markup"; then click Save. —teb728 t c 09:23, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

awesome thank you so much. I've no idea how that changed. Robotics1 (talk) 12:59, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pokemon Go - List of Internet phenomena[edit]

Is some one who can moved relevent informations from Pogemon Go to List of Intrenet phenomena ? I can't do it because I don't know I have to chosed original authors and I am not native English speaker. Dawid2009 (talk) 14:53, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Dawid2009. I'm wondering if Pokémon Go fits the topical scope for listing in List of Internet phenomena. Isn't Pokémon Go primarily a game application for mobile phones, in the same vein as Candy Crush? Looking at List of Internet phenomena, it doesn't seem to cover that class of subject – I would think because while you do download it from the Internet, it is not at heart an "Internet phenomenon". Am I wrong?--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:30, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unless I'm mistaken, it is not up to Wikipedia editors to decide what is, or is not, an "internet phenomenon". There are plenty of reliable sources that describe Pokémon Go as a phenomenon, but a cursory search doesn't verify it as an internet phenomenon, (although discussions might be all the buzz in the twitterverse). Frankly, without such a source, the inclusion should be removed. 2606:A000:4C0C:E200:E9E9:D9F4:2146:70D4 (talk) 00:33, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What inclusion? The question is about including it, where it's not now. Of course it's up to us to decide what belongs in the topical scope of a list article – or for that matter, the content of any article at all. If it wasn't we could add nothing, sort of like a Zeno's Paradox for article content.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:07, 5 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Sicario 2015 Film)(section) /How Do I get the nominations Right???[edit]

Hey everybody...in a bit of a cinephile pickle here.I was listing the many noms and few wins the movie Sicario has gotten,which aren´t displayed hereonWikipedia.org...since it says Complete list of accolades. But I don´t get it. My only source is Sicario-Awards.IMDb.Com so I wrote that with </ref>as bookends,in several different forms....I then started Critic award for critic award but....if I leave in the ref Sicario ref part...the letters don´t appear in blue but that´s a minor quibble.

No,it says-A </ref>is missing the closing }}</ref>.IF I do Not mention any references or qoutes,it displays the nominess,categorys and results BUT...It leaves out the Award organiation like Central Ohio or Las Vegas Film Critics etc so it all becomes skewed. Hence,the nommed category is placed where the Award association Should be and the nominee is where the nomination/Award should be etc...

Could someone be so kind as to fill me in on how to simplest manage this problem...Would really appreciate it.

And sure,I see many nominations are from the day the noms were released,referring to big nwspapers etc...I solely use IMDB.com as my source....Hope that´s not a problem, I have doublechecked facts and there are about 25 nominations atleast I would like to add.

Christopher Jensen/ Mister Twister — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mister twister (talk • contribs) 14:58, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What the error message says is "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).", and the words "help page" are in blue to indicate that they are a wikilink, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:08, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

You also need to make sure that you get the url of the reference correct, and additionally you need to read Wikipedia:Citing IMDb. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:12, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

confirm email[edit]

How long will it take to send me my confirm mailYoushallnotpassss (talk) 17:59, 4 September 2016 (UTC).Youshallnotpassss (talk) 16:43, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Youshallnotpassss: I get it in seconds. Some email providers like Yahoo block mail from Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 19:25, 4 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]