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April 25[edit]

Editing uploaded media information[edit]

I'm curious about the process of editing the names of uploaded media. I realize that file names shouldn't often be changed, but i haven't been able to find an outlet to contest factually inaccurate file names. Specifically, this picture: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Mazda_rotary_engine_early.jpg&welcome=yes, which shows not only the stated Wankel engine, but also the transmission and alternator. A small distinction, I know, but important nonetheless. Any help would be appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omorosso (talk • contribs) 01:59, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Wikimedia Commons is a separate project from Wikipedia. They have a help desk over there, too, but you might want to read this on the FAQ page first. Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 02:51, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Elizabeth Gaskell[edit]

Ref number 7 is all wrong - I added in the URL later and got it wrong - sorry. Please alter if able 101.182.219.133 (talk) 04:04, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The word "help" in the error message is in blue, indicating that it is a wikilink, in this case to Help:CS1 errors#bad_url, which includes the sentence "The URL field is checked to ensure that it contains only Latin characters and does not contain spaces". In your edit you included the text "cite web" (with the space) at the end of the url parameter. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:21, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A big "Thanks" to David Biddulph - I fixed it up. 101.182.219.133 (talk) 04:43, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Interview with a person[edit]

There is a person who won at a particular competition. I would like to interview him about his biography and other stuffs, then I will post it onto Wikipedia. Is it okay? ▒hÅ╓Θ╚DΦ|≈ ▓ 04:53, 25 April 2017 (UTC)Haroldok▒hÅ╓Θ╚DΦ|≈ ▓ 04:53, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

No it is not OK. An interview which you carry out is original research, and not suitable for Wikipedia. Wikipedia is interested in what published reliable sources have said about the subject, not what the subject says about himself. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:02, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Change of page name due to re-brand[edit]

Hi, I'm looking to change the name of the page: MegaZip Adventure Park to our new brand name which is "Mega Adventure Park - Singapore

Please advise.

Thanks

Mega Adventure — Preceding unsigned comment added by MASGMKTG (talk • contribs) 08:02, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Verified at location's website and moved. Rojomoke (talk) 08:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

interlanguage link problem[edit]

hello, the page I have created, Marcial Solana González-Camino. contains a wrong interlanguage link (don't know how it got there); instead of pointing to the Spanish version of the article, Marcial Solana González-Camino, it points to Comunión Tradicionalista. I have tried to edit it in WikiData, but there everything seems OK. Have read Help on interlanguage links, but am no wiser. Please could you help. --Dd1495 (talk) 08:54, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Dd1495: Fixed: special:diff/777113948. --CiaPan (talk) 09:12, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@CiaPan: wow, that was fast. thank you very much. I am your debtor--Dd1495 (talk) 10:59, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Afd merger[edit]

I'm not sure if I'm supposed to retain the Afd-merge to template in Long Beach-class cruiser along with a redirect to USS Long Beach (CGN-9) (since there's a bot that's supposed to do something) or just the redirect. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:10, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Clarityfiend hello, since you've already merged the content, all that is required is to redirect plain and simple (no need to leave the merge template behind as you've already done the job). I've gone ahead and redirected the article. Hope it helps. Lourdes 16:20, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Clarityfiend (talk) 18:17, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bug[edit]

Hey, when copy pasting data from your pages into excel, the link back to your page directs me straight to the editing page where anyone can edit information. I mistakenly edited data on Russia (no harm intended) at the GDP page US$ for Europe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.57.21.134 (talk) 12:03, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed the article: special:diff/777132159. --CiaPan (talk) 12:06, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Internal linking to a Difference between revisions page[edit]

In my recent edit of Talk:Haavara Agreement#Antisemitism Category, I wound up with a red link after several unsuccessful attempts at linking to a relevant page: Haavara Agreement: Difference between revisions Latest revision as of 11:55, 25 April 2017 - so please help me learn the correct syntax to fix this! -- Deborahjay (talk) 12:28, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Deborahjay: You can simply go to the page history, open a diff between appropriate revisions and copy the URL from the address bar of your browser:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haavara_Agreement&diff=777130738&oldid=776831207

You can also choose appropriate version from the history, say,

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haavara_Agreement&oldid=777130738

and select the link (diff) near the Previous revision link. That would be a difference link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Haavara_Agreement&diff=prev&oldid=777130738

Or, once you identified the revision you need, you can extract its ID from the URL (777130738 in the case above) and construct a shortened link to differences that revision brought into the article by

Special:Diff/777130738.

You can also use a {{oldid}} template or any of the {{diff}} templates family. --CiaPan (talk) 12:46, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Deborahjay: I have fixed the link for you: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Haavara_Agreement&diff=prev&oldid=777139451 --CiaPan (talk) 12:49, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @CiaPan:, for this exhaustive explanation, which I'll keep with my toolkit. At the moment my personal preference is for the Special:Diff format, and I'm sure before long I'll have an opportunity similar to today's, to try it out. -- Cheers, Deborahjay (talk) 13:26, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

University of Phoenix page[edit]

I can clearly see that the page regarding the University of Phoenix is slanted toward a negative bias against the organization.

One of the sentences regarding academic rigor noted, "The University of Phoenix has been criticized for lack of academic rigor. Henry M. Levin, a professor of higher education at Teachers College at Columbia University, called its business degree an "MBA Lite", saying "I've looked at [its] course materials. It's a very low level of instruction."[28]" Clearly, this quote was included to communicate a negative image about the university. The author of the cited reference has no ties to the University of Phoenix and clearly communicated his bias in the non-peer reviewed, popular press, article. It is not in the best interest of Wikipedia to include hearsay or conjecture in, what are supposed to be, academic resources. I recommend you remove this cited article.

Regards, Larry Austin, Ed.D. University of Phoenix Graduate — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.245.28.221 (talk) 14:06, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The place to comment on a specific article is on that article's talk page—in this case Talk:University of Phoenix. Start a new discussion there and sign your post by typing four tildes (~~~~). Rivertorch^FIRE _WATER 14:26, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

A question about suspected abuse of multiple accounts[edit]

Hello, I suspect an editor of using more than one account to further an argument during discussions and article edits in a particular topic area. I know the procedure is to file a sock puppet investigation, though I'm not particularly familiar with this process. Is there a quick way to compare edits from two different accounts? The subject concerned receives a large amound of editing traffic, and at least one of the accounts I suspect of abuse has made in excess of 50,000 edits. I have logged out from my own user account for the purpose of this discussion, in order not to alert the user concerned about this thread, since I have been foolish enough to already voice my suspicions. Any help would be much appreciated, and I am willing to confirm my identity by email if necessary. Thanks, 86.135.189.159 (talk) 14:25, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

For the factual question, Wikipedia:Tools#User_interaction_analysis proposes two similar tools (though the first one is aimed at editor interaction and the second at sockpuppet investigations). Once the results are in, go to WP:SPI and follow the steps.

However... opening that SPI as an "anonymous" IP account is probably not something you want to do. Either you have credible reasons to believe the editor you are investigating will retaliate off-wiki on you, or you have not. If you have not, "hiding" yourself to open the SPI will be viewed poorly: you should rather open it under your real account, and face the possible consequences of a spurious report. If you have, first of all you should use the proper off-wiki channels, see WP:EMERGENCY; secondly, your IP address is actually a lot of information about you. If I am not mistaken, I know in which village you made the above post; it has a Wikipedia article indicating a population of a little less than 600 in 2011 in the infobox (considering the circumstances, I am not writing how I obtained that information, and I am not giving the exact population figure to prevent a search on the article space, but that should be enough details for the OP to verify I am not bluffing). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:32, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice. Of course, I will file the report under my username, so have no fear of that. I'm only logged out because the discussion got quite heated with the two accounts concerned, and I didn't want this discussion to further fan the flames. My suspicion about their activity is based on an incident that occurred earlier today, where two accounts made an edit using similar logic that appeared to misinterpret an aspect of Wikipedia's guidelines. It may just be coincidence, so first I would need to gather some evidence. But assuming I can then I'll open the report. By the way, you're not correct about my location, which is not a village, and has a population somewhat larger than 600. 86.135.189.159 (talk) 16:59, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Not in that ham then? I'm curious now about how Tigraan did the search, but won't ask here. Dbfirs 18:00, 28 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

sbject information[edit]

Hello Recently there was personal information regarding Battalion Chief Jim McMains on the home page that we deleted. As a current administrator of the department we would like to stop that type of information on the page. Please help in assisting in stopping this in the future. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.35.60.234 (talk) 16:20, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello there. Apparently, you managed to remove the information yourself. I agree with the edit you made, not because you have any special control over the article content by the virtue of your position, but because it was a bit of trivia that should not be present in the encyclopedia.

The text is still accessible via the page history. It could be removed, but you need a strong reason for that and I do not think you have any; before heading here to require the text removed from public view, I strongly suggest reading about the Streisand effect. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:41, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Any table experts?[edit]

I'm trying to make this table compatible with mobile, but I can't manage to do it! Some of the items (at the bottom) look wrong, they should have full width. Any help would be highly appreciated! Karlpoppery (talk) 18:16, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, in order to protect mobile views from tables that are too wide, that is not really possible. —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:14, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks TheDJ, I see. To be clear, I'm only trying to make all the row of the table appear the same length. I don't understand why they're not, on mobile. Karlpoppery (talk) 20:23, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Because mobile views are different. You are making expectations about behavior that are not valid in our mobile view. Specifically you expect that a table cell will fill out to the width of the parent table. But that is not true on mobile (because tables on mobile don't use table layout rules, because it would cause wide tables to screw up the viewport of the render surface). —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 20:29, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, thanks. Karlpoppery (talk) 20:40, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

my own Fair Use[edit]

can my own work can be uploaded to wikipedia with "Fair uses" conditions?UY4Xe8VM5VYxaQQ (talk) 19:36, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That depends. We need a lot more information about the type of image and what article it would be used in. For some general information on fair use in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:44, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Are you asking because you want to upload your own work on a "fair use" basis, or because someone else has uploaded it on that basis? Maproom (talk) 19:58, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

tenho um roteiro ja pronto.que gostaria de mostra, a sinopse.[edit]

boa noite tenho um roteiro ja pronto que gostaria de mostra a produtoras como eu fasso obrigada — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janete dias (talk • contribs) 22:32, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Janete dias: I'm sorry but this is the English Wikipedia. All contributions here must be in English. Perhaps the Portuguese help desk would be able to help you further? --Majora (talk) 22:36, 25 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Google translation: Desculpe, mas esta é a Wikipédia em inglês. Todas as contribuições aqui devem estar em inglês. Talvez o helpdesk português pudesse ajudá-lo ainda mais?