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November 6

Request - Change of Wikipedia Display Title

Hello. Our organisation has recently changed its name from "Lowy Institute for International Policy" to a shortened "Lowy Institute." As it seems I am unable to change the display title, is this something Wikipedia can change for us? If not, would we need to create a whole new Wikipedia page with the updated title? Our Wikipedia page link is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowy_Institute_for_International_Policy and our website is: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/.

Many thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lowy2017 (talk • contribs) 00:02, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Article titles are changed by moving the page but your account is too new for that. I have moved it to Lowy Institute. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:15, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, Lowy2017. What PrimeHunter was too modest to tell you is that he also created a redirect from Lowy Institute for International Policy (try clicking that link) to the moved (renamed) page so that anyone searching Wikipedia for the older name will be automatically sent to the new one. (This is automatically done when a page is moved, but work also has to be done manually if there are already redirection pages to the old page name.)

On a different point, your username "Lowy2017" looks as if it might be intended for use by more than one person editing on behalf of the Institute. Wikipedia has a strict "One username-one user" policy so that would not be allowed (see Username policy, particularly Section 2.4), and even if you are the only user of it, other editors may suspect differently and give your edits (on any subject) a hard time. You might want to think about changing it (see Changing username). I hope and presume you've already read the rules at Wikipedia:Conflict of interest and Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure and are complying with them. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.138.27 (talk) 00:51, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey of Sleaford

Good news and bad news - You will see that I got the publication date correct for ref 34. I cannot go back to fix up the ones I got wrong - I am too scared. Please fix if you are happy to - refs 22 37 and 38. Sorry 203.132.68.1 (talk) 01:36, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I've deleted them for you. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:46, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks David - I have attempted again with ref number 36 which I think you will be happy with. Please check if able. I feel pleased. 203.132.68.1 (talk) 01:58, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Please answer the question as to why you are using accessdates from 2 years ago on all your recently added references. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:04, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I get it now! I had put in the wrong date. I am so embarrassed. Sorry guys and to David too. Thanks for your patience and help - from an editor that is a bit slow.203.132.68.1 (talk) 02:10, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I have reverted the edit which you made as 101.189.107.58. Please don't edit while you are confused. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:13, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Car order

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After the R36 cars were delivered in 1963–1964, no more IRT cars were built for another 20 years. Several rolling stock orders were proposed for the IRT during this time. In 1966, a lightweight R39 subway car, similar to the ones used on the Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia, was proposed for the oldest elevated IRT and BMT lines; however, this proposal failed because most of the remaining elevated lines were closed, and demolished instead. In 1973, another proposal to replace the R12 through R17 series was deferred because not enough voters approved it. Finally, in 1979, with the bus and train fleets in poor and decrepit shape, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) looked into capital maintenance and bond acts to replace the oldest IRT cars (the R12s, R14s, R15s, and R17s) and to rebuild and refurbish newer (at the time) IRT cars (R21s and beyond). A bond issue for 136 new IRT cars was approved, and funds were procured for another new 1,014 IRT cars in 1981. These cars were referred to as the "R62" contract. The R62 order was originally proposed as an order of 260 64-foot (20 m) cars, but the selected plan called for 325 51.4-foot (15.7 m) IRT cars instead. In July 1981, the NYCTA began the bidding process for 325 cars under the R62 contract. Nissho-Iwai American Corp, the parent company of Japanese train car builder Kawasaki Heavy Industries, was the lowest bidder for the initial 325 cars, while American company Budd Company submitted a high bid for the initial contract, and a low bid for the rest of the cars. The NYCTA did not want to award the large contract to a single builder, as it did in 1975–1978 with the R46s (which were plagued by mechanical problems and cracks in the chassis). The R62 contract was ordered on April 12, 1982, and awarded to Kawasaki Heavy Industries. This was the first time a foreign company was chosen to build cars for the New York City Subway. Because a 1981 law now allowed the MTA and suppliers to broker contracts rather than accept the lowest bid, the MTA awarded the base contract to Kawasaki. References

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.172.50.212 (talk • contribs) 6 November 04:21 (UTC)

Hello, this is the 'desk' for help in editing Wikipedia. Please see WP:YFA, WP:WIZ or WP:AfC for articles. Or discuss article content at the appropriate article talk page. If you have a question please feel free to ask it. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 05:50, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

missing information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gant

The article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Gant has an information missing. I believe the actor (Richard Gant) appeared in a guest role on Friends (Season 3 / Episode 23 ‘The One with Ross's Thing’). This is missing in the page and also no mention of his television appearances have been made. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.132.214.88 (talk) 09:02, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Hello, IP user. The best place to discuss improvements to a particular article is on the talk page for that article: in this case, Talk:Richard Gant. Or if you have a reliable source for the information, you could edit the article to add it yourself. But please note that all information in Wikipedia should be cited to a reliable source: "I believe that" (or even "I know that") is never enough. --ColinFine (talk) 10:08, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

His television work is mentioned several times in the body of the article. Individual episodes usually aren't considered as significant as movies, so lists of the former are more the exception than the rule. That being said, he does have recurring roles in a number of significant series, so it wouldn't be out of place here. You can do it yourself, using his IMDb listing, but please don't include it in the filmography section. Clarityfiend (talk) 12:59, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

How do I go back 1 page???

That's it. If I follow a link on a page I'm reading, how do I go back to that page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C1:3A50:A801:2407:8AC7:C740:434F (talk) 10:41, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

On most browsers there is a "Back" button (possibly shown by a left arrow). It is a browser function rather than a Wikipedia function. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:48, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Alternatively, instead of clicking the link, try right clicking on it ( or whatever the Apple alternative is) and then Open in new tab, then you'll have the original and the link open and you and switch between the two of them. - X201 (talk) 11:27, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Logo update

Good day, Our company recently had a logo and call sign update, can you advise how I can get this changed? Kind regards, Belinda Beck, Manager Human Resources Air Tindi Ltd. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ATLHumanres (talk • contribs) 15:52, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm gonna assume you're referring to Air Tindi? Don't edit the article yourself, as you have a clear Conflict of interest. You'll want to post on the article's talk page (Talk:Air Tindi) about the change, pointing to the company's announcement about the change or to a page about the new logo. Other editors will take that information, along with reliable sources discussing the change, and update the article accordingly. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 16:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Also, you may want to change your username, since the username you selected looks like an account for the company, rather than for you as an individual editor. Not a big deal, but it is against our policies to allow shared accounts. FYI. UltraExactZZ ^Said ~ Did 16:13, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 World Series

Can you Make a Redirect For the 2018 World Series I don't know how to make a redirect. Make a Redirect for me please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 17:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

What would it redirect to? †dismas†|^(talk) 22:21, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

2018 Seattle Mariners season, of course. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:29, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Moved a sandbox article incorrectly

I tried to move a sandbox article to a live article and in the drop down, I chose user: instead of (article). It is for the page Mungo Creative Group. Can this be moved to an article? Thanks! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mallorypaige77 (talk • contribs) 17:14, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I've moved it to Draft:Mungo Creative Group, & added a submission template ready for you to submit it for review when you think it is ready. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:03, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

removing edits entirely

How do I delete my edits? I was editing the wrong page. I want them removed entirely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manyes (talk • contribs) 17:38, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

@Manyes: You want every edit you made on the Donald van der Vaart page removed? I can do that if you confirm you want me to. ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 17:44, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Yes - please delete - thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Manyes (talk • contribs) 18:47, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

@Manyes:  Done -- John of Reading (talk) 19:47, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Need some assistance with infobox parameters

Resolved

 – Found a way to fix it yielding the desired result. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 15:47, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Can someone provide a helping hand with the infobox parameters of Template:Infobox website at On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences? How exactly is the alexa= parameter supposed to be used? Did I do it correctly, especially the increase/decrease and rank values? The info about this parameter in the template documentation isn't exactly helpful. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 21:40, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Need an editorial help for last update "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectricity" with Tyshko A.A., Baryshnikov V.N. "Small-size stabilized power supply for a photomultiplier with a piezotransforme"

I was unable to add this article simply to the reference list, feel sorry and asking if anybody can help to move it to the right place under number 58 (59)? Would appreciate help! With the great respect to Wiki community, Alex Tyshko, 2017-11-06. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex Tyshko (talk • contribs) 21:57, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

The reference belongs not in the references section but in the article body immediately after the text which the reference is being used to support, see Help:Referencing for beginners. --David Biddulph (talk) 22:15, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

(edit conflict)Hi, Alex Tyshko! Please don't attempt to add references to your own work here, but wait until others find it useful to support what they are writing about. If you like, you can read our conflict of interest guideline. Thank you. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 22:17, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

photo

Hello, I am trying to have a photographer upload a picture to a page. The photo has copyright but he is able to use it as it is his photo. Why wont it let him upload it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylanhunt45 (talk • contribs) 22:28, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

@Dylanhunt45: Have the photographer read and follow the instructions at WP:IOWN. RudolfRed (talk) 00:21, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Why has my talk page stopped being archived?

My talk page used to be archived, but now it's not. My best guess was related to bad formatting (fixed in here) but that doesn't seem to have fixed the issue. Stuartyeates (talk) 23:09, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

You have maxarchivesize = 2800K. MediaWiki only allows pages up to 2 MB and User talk:Stuartyeates/Archive 19 has reached that so archiving attempts to that page will fail. The bot is apparently not coded to know this limit, stop at 2000K and create the next archive instead. maxarchivesize = 2000K would also be impractical and prevent some users from reading your archives. Please reduce it further. Help:Archiving a talk page#Automated archival says: "Each individual archive should not be larger than 512kB, because this may cause accessibility problems for some devices." PrimeHunter (talk) 23:33, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

You set it to 2800K in September 2015 [1] and it took two years to reach 2000K. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Sounds like the kind of thing I'd do.... Stuartyeates (talk) 00:46, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

Hampton, New Hampshire

Can the two smaller filed (pics) in the "history" section be placed closer together? - there is a big gap. Thanks 139.216.210.155 (talk) 23:49, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Resolved

(but maybe not in the way you had hoped)— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 22:30, 13 November 2017 (UTC)