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September 19[edit]

Odd alert[edit]

I received an Alert that I was mentioned in this edit, but I'm not. What am I missing? Is something up with Alerts? Best regards, TransporterMan (TALK) 03:01, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@TransporterMan: This part of the edit... you RULE {{User:Hasteur}} the draftspace ...accidentally transcluded a copy of Hasteur's user page into the noticeboard. This would have triggered a notification to all the editors linked from that page. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:01, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm... It is interesting to know that notifications go through template transclusions. It is logical (after all, {{U|Foo}} and [[User:Foo]] have to deliver the same notification somehow), but not an intuitive behavior. (Or maybe I am just slow-thinking.) Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 12:36, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

~~[[User:Foo]] is just a link, of course, with no notification, but I assume you meant {{User:Foo}}~~ Dbfirs 15:55, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

And I guess Tigraan meant {{User|Foo}} ;) (notice the pipe instead of the colon). [[User:Foo]] displays a link to Foo's userpage (User:Foo), {{User:Foo}} transcludes Foo's userpage, and {{User|Foo}} links to Foo's userpage/talk page/contribs and pings Foo (Foo (talk · contribs)). –FlyingAce^✈hello 17:37, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why User:Dbfirs says that [[User:Foo]] is just a link with no notification; Wikipedia:Notifications#Triggering events seems to say that such a link will trigger a notification, or have I misread it? We'll see whether Dbfirs gets notified of this message. --David Biddulph (talk) 19:24, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry! I was wrong! I did get a notification. I'll strike the comment. Dbfirs 19:43, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple sandboxes?[edit]

Hi, my sandbox is getting too cluttery. How can I make additional sandboxes, one for each subject I'm working on? GreyGoose (talk) 03:12, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GreyGoose. User:GreyGoose/sandbox example is an example I created for you. You could create more by making similar named pages, for example User:GreyGoose/your_topic_here. Hope this helps. Thanks. Lourdes 03:18, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the titling info, Lourdes. How would I actually go about newly creating something like that? GreyGoose (talk) 03:23, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Click on this link and in your browser's web address link box, replace the term "your_topic_here" with any title you prefer. Thanks. Lourdes 03:26, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, OK thanks. So for any future sandboxes, I go into the last one and change the URL? GreyGoose (talk) 03:34, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Yup!Naraht (talk) 03:53, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GreyGoose. Please see Wikipedia:How to create a page, where multiple ways to create pages are described, including this one as "Method 4: changing a URL". Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:13, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Coast to Coast Funding Group[edit]

http://www.coast2coastfundinggroup.com/Default.aspx

Who is the parent co. of Coast to Coast Funding Group? Is it radio program, Coast to Coast AM? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.35.164.95 (talk • contribs)

Hello there. This page is only for questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia. For your particular question, you could use the Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities desk. Thanks. Lourdes 10:05, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I need to delete my wiki page or delete the info on it[edit]

Hi! I have a wiki page. I don't know how it started but I would like to either have the information on it deleted (as most of it is incorrect) or have it deleted completely how do I go about that. thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smartcar2 (talk • contribs)

Smartcar2, it would us give you a relevant answer if you were to tell us which page you are referring to. †dismas†|^(talk) 16:20, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Smartcar2. I'm guessing that you are referring to a Wikipedia article about you. If so, then I have to tell you that it is not your article, and you do not get to say whether we keep it or not. However; we want articles to be accurate as far as possible, according to published sources. So, if there are few published sources about you, then the article will probably get deleted for that reason. If there are published sources independent of you, so that you are Notable in Wikipedia's terms, then the article will be kept. If there are particular items in the article which you want removed, then if they are not sourced to a reliable published source, anybody may remove them. Other than that, you are welcome to suggest changes to the article (on its talk page); or to contact Wikipedia by email if there are matters you don't want to discuss publicly. Please see WP:AUTOPROB for how to proceed. --ColinFine (talk) 16:41, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Smartcar2 seems to be referring to Jason Ybarra. Smartcar2 - you need to read and follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Contact us - Subjects. Shearonink (talk) 19:13, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Correction[edit]

How do you correct incorrect info in Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mick Robinson (talk • contribs) 20:45, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The question's pretty much answered on your talk page here - you need to be able to source the information, rather than just change it. Chaheel Riens (talk) 20:48, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

...except if the original information itself is unsourced, in which case it can be removed (without needing to point to a contrary source). Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 16:50, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

True, but the OP was clearly referring to a situation where the original info was sourced, and they were replacing it with that which was not.[1] Process in this case was explained on their talk page twice. They then asked the question here and attempted to re-insert again on the Peterborough & Fletton United F.C. article - only for ClueBot to revert them.[2] Chaheel Riens (talk) 14:22, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Consistent citation style with legislation[edit]

Hi there, apologies if this isn't the right place for this question.

Looking at Railways in Melbourne, which uses just about every citation style under the sun, but mostly uses WP:CS1 templates, I was trying to work out how I might go about making the citations consistent. The article cites a number of pieces of Victorian legislation (see for instance numbers 32–36), and I'm not sure how I'd go about making these consistent with CS1. There is a template available, {{Cite Legislation AU}} but I'm not sure if this would be appropriate. I appreciate any help or guidance in finding the right place for this question. Triptothecottage (talk) 23:59, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Triptothecottage said on talk page that help was received at Help talk:Citation Style 1.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 15:31, 29 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]