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November 25[edit]

How can I find someone to help style two tables on a page?[edit]

Hello, I want to style two tables on Terry stop. They are the ones under the sections: "Origins of Terry stop" and "Reasonable suspicion". I did them a few weeks ago, but am clueless on the ins and outs of Wikipedia's table styling. Basically, I want them a little smaller, have the text under the table instead of over it, make them look nicer, etc. Would placing a "help me" template in the talk pages be effective? Or, perhaps, someone can show me a good example I could copy? Thanks! Seahawk01 (talk) 03:02, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I moved the caption to be below the table (the first one) and made the table a bit smaller but you should define what you mean by "nicer". Ruslik_Zero 14:13, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Ruslik, looks great. Before, the text was too large and the title over the table was overpowering the section. I think it is much nicer than before and couldn't be more happy :-) Seahawk01 (talk) 02:17, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rodney Reed[edit]

I haven’t done any meaningful editing in a while but this article looked like it has some odd editing bias that would make many editors cringe and I couldn’t find the proper forum to note it. Presumably the talk page wouldn’t get many looks if the article itself has been edited the way it has (with words in all caps, etc) without further editing input. Makes us look unprofessional or something, I don’t know. And I don’t have the chops to figure out how to fix it these days, proper tags, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Reed

Mmcknight4 (talk) 05:17, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"words in all caps" I didn't see anything of that, except in a citation where it was an actual part of the URL (and thus necessary), but maybe you're referring to text

that appears like this?

If so, that's the result of indenting text a little bit, which aside from limited example purposes (which wouldn't fit here) is definitely not appropriate. Thank you for pointing it out, and if I missed some all-caps text, you'd be right in saying that it needed to be reduced to normal capitals. I've deleted the article, however: the article demonstrated no evidence of significance for this individual (no significant coverage in secondary sources, just primary sources like news reports), and the whole article existed to promote a cause, namely Reed's innocence. Nyttend (talk) 12:30, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The article has now been deleted. Maproom (talk) 13:23, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Missing editing toolbar[edit]

It contained, among other things, a button to create a reference for a book in which a tool would take a url and fill in many of the fields. Now it isn't there anymore. Is it still available? Clarityfiend (talk) 09:07, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I lost this bar a few weeks ago, I believe: it was the one just above the editing window, with a button that automatically inserted #REDIRECT [[]], which I used often, and a lot of things I never used, like a button to insert ~~~~. What browser and skin are you using? I'm using IE 11 and Monobook. Nyttend (talk) 12:33, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Have you read the recent discussions, such as at WP:Help desk/Archives/2018 November 6#Toolbars and WP:Help desk/Archives/2018 November 7#Missing edit toolbar? --David Biddulph (talk) 12:39, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirects can be inserted with the new tool bar. The same is true for references: go to Cite->templates drop-down list. Select the desired template, input a doi or a url and then click the search icon. Ruslik_Zero 13:50, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To the contrary, there is no new toolbar: they trashed our existing one without giving us a replacement. It's not like at c:special:upload, where there's a toolbar below the text window for adding characters. Nyttend (talk) 21:53, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The new toolbar has been default since 2010. Some users disabled it and used a toolbar from 2006 instead. It is the 2006 toolbar which has been removed. You can enable the 2010 toolbar with "Enable the editing toolbar" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing. Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Support ends for the 2006 wikitext editor has JavaScript for a toolbar similar to the 2006 toolbar. Place the below in your common JavaScript. PrimeHunter (talk) 01:03, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

mw.loader.load("/w/index.php?title=User:Writ_Keeper/Scripts/legacyToolbar.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");
mw.loader.load("/w/index.php?title=User:Writ_Keeper/Scripts/legacyRefToolbar.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");

Disambiguation for people with similar names[edit]

There are currently articles for about eight different people with the name Chris or Christopher Neal, including very similar spellings like Neil or Neill. It took a lot of searching to find the biography I was actually looking for due to the lack of a proper Disambiguation (DAB) page. I have created what I hope is a suitable DAB page at my Sandbox. I'd appreciate some guidance from admins as to exactly where and how this DAB page could be inserted. --Plinuckment (talk) 16:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've started a DAB page over at Chris Neal (disambiguation) AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 16:21, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Plinuckment (talk) 05:53, 1 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Adding new given names[edit]

My legal name is Wacinque Amistad Kaizen BeMende it is a Mende of Liberia-Sierra Leone West Africa new name. How do I add it and its meaning to the list of names? — Preceding unsigned comment added by KaizenRhino (talk • contribs) 16:31, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@KaizenRhino:Does this question relate to using or editing Wikipedia? If so, which article? -Arch dude (talk) 16:47, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Translation from French[edit]

Hello I would like just translate the french page "planétarium de nantes" in English... I already have a wikipedia account...in French and, it looks like you want to register again? Wikipedia can't recognize me, after logging in French, when I switch to English. I had already translated everything into English, the English page worked well but, 1 hour later, everything disappeared. And I received I welcome messages as if I were a new contributor... Not easy to understand. How to make English Wiki recognize me ? I will have to create as much different account as there are languages?

Best regard Daniel Audéon France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utilisateur:Danielaudeon — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielaudeon (talk • contribs) 16:54, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Danielaudeon and welcome to the English Wikipedia. Wikipedia recognises your French registration. There's no need to register again. Your text was removed by Flyer22 Reborn who left a welcome and an explanation on your English talk page. The text seems rather unidiomatic in English, and lacks references. Perhaps if you post it on the talk page of the article in English (Talk:Planetarium of Nantes), and add references (French ones are OK), then we could help you to refine the English. Dbfirs 19:04, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) @Danielaudeon: Hello, This appears to relate to Planetarium of Nantes and in particular to this edit by @Flyer22 Reborn: (pinging Flyer22 Reborn so they can join the discussion if they so wish). Your additions were reverted and an explanation left at your talk page User talk:Danielaudeon#Adding material. It looks as though your additions were removed as they did not adhere to the Manual of Style for the English Wikipedia and did not contain inline citations; although some external links were included in the text... which is not conventional practice. As a new user on the English Wikipedia it would also be conventional for you to receive a welcome message. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 19:11, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

obtaining a liscense for what I think is a public domain image[edit]

I'm currently doing a GA nomination of John B. Magruder. One of the issues that has brought up is that "File:John B Magruder.jpg" needs a US license. Does anyone know what obtaining one would entail?💵Money💵emoji💵^💸 20:10, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Since it comes from a collection of images "made during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and its immediate aftermath", it's obviously a pre-1898 picture. {{PD-US-unpublished}} covers never-published images produced before 1898 by unknown authors. If it were published before 1923, it's {{PD-1923}}. And in the odd event that it was published after 1923 and yet while still under copyright, you can use {{PD-reason|the Library of Congress says that there are "no known restrictions on publication."}} Its image librarians are experts on copyright of historic images; on the Internet, nobody knows if you're a dog, so random Wikipedia editors' assessments aren't necessarily trustworthy, but historic-image-copyright experts' assessments need to be trusted. Nyttend (talk) 22:00, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot. I think PD 1923 works in this case. Again thanks a ton.💵Money💵emoji💵^💸 22:44, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Close to Us[edit]

Hi, the AFD for this article seems to be malformed as it is in limbo, please check it, regards Atlantic306 (talk) 21:32, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Atlantic306: Yes, looking at RTY9099's edits on 8 November, it seems that two articles were half-nominated for AFD by RTY9099 (talk · contribs). I've added them to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2018 November 25 so that the discussions get some input. -- John of Reading (talk) 21:54, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

thanks, good spot on the second one Atlantic306 (talk) 22:20, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Changing a Link[edit]

A hometown page features me as one of the notables in our town. However, it's linked to a different person with the same name. What can be done to correct it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MAWarrior69 (talk • contribs) 23:06, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@MAWarrior69: Wikipedia users are not telepaths, you'll need to actually tell us the relevant article and name. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:09, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

It’s on Randolph, MA page. Mark Snyder. Should be linked to SnydersStoughton.com/about mark.htm, not the football coach — Preceding unsigned comment added by MAWarrior69 (talk • contribs)

@MAWarrior69: In the future, add a new reply instead of editing your old one so that replies to it do not make sense. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:47, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing as we do not have an article on that Mark Snyder, the appropriate thing to do would be to remove the link. Ian.thomson (talk) 01:49, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

spelling[edit]

On the page for Dr. Doolittle, the name is spelled incorrectly. I've been watching this page evolve to the wrong spelling on every display. The original movie is spelled Doolittle not dolittle. They have actually photoshopped the pictures on the VHS cases to show the wrong spelling. Today, I was upset to see that even Turner Classic Movies had misspelled the name as well. Proof is on any VHS tape case that hasn't been altered on the internet. Please do what you can to correct this before the entire world believes this word is pronounced Dr. DOHLITTLE. It is Dr. DOOLITTLE.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.94.84.220 (talk • contribs)

I'm guessing you're talking about the 1967 film?

You're gonna need to present proof in the form of professionally-published mainstream academic or journalistic sources instead of telling us it's true and expecting us to go hunting for an dead video format. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:12, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you are remembering Jimmy Doolittle who did use two O's in his name. Rmhermen (talk) 23:31, 25 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This trailer for the 1967 film shows "Doctor Dolittle" in a clip from the film. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:30, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, why would any of the films or other adaptations have changed the spelling from that in the original books? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.200.131.235 (talk) 23:53, 26 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]