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February 9[edit]

ROGER MUDD.[edit]

THE BIOGRAPHY OF HIM NEGLECTED TO MENTION THAT HE REPORTED FROM VIETNAM; & SOUTHEAST ASIA, DURING THE VIETNAM WAR — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.60.224.37 (talk) 00:33, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Mudd did not report from Vietnam or Southeast Asia, a fact which some others later used to suggest he should not be selected to anchor the nightly news. See page 67 in his autobiography. Also, please note that this page is only for questions about how to use or edit Wikipedia. For other types of questions, use the search box or the Reference desk (see the top of this page).General Ization ^Talk 00:50, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Or Talk:Roger Mudd, the talk page of the article concerned. Britmax (talk) 15:43, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics[edit]

The user BrugesFR use the CIA World Factbook demographic statistics for recent demographic data. The data is an estimate and has not been officially confirmed for recent values. They base on assumptions about future trends. The data is also marked by the factbook as an estimate and do not match to births reported from the statistics offices. E.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Norway#Vital_statistics_since_1900 For the year 2018 the provisional data from the official statistic office from Norway show a drop in the fertility rate. However, the value entered by the user on the page shows a strong increase.

If the user want to publish the CIA World Factbook demographic statistics, it should be marked as an estimate like the data from the Population Departement of the United Nations

For example like on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Afghanistan#Vital_statistics

This is my first contribution. I apologize if he may be incorrect on this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drungel (talk • contribs) 09:43, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Drungel: Welcome, and thanks! When you don't know where to ask, then come here, as you did. When you see a problem with an article, feel free to fix it. If you are unsure of how to fix it or if you are not completely sure that a fix is needed at all, then make an entry on the article's talk page to start a discussion. Now for the bigger issue: do we need a big fix across a lot of articles? I'm not sure one way or the other on that. If we do, we will need a bit of extra help, but start with just one article. -Arch dude (talk) 22:45, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page Delete[edit]

Can you advise how to delete a page that was created about me. This is a security risk and needs resolving asap. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:146D:E600:69CD:37:A7F9:FAB9 (talk) 14:23, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, IP user. Pages are deleted if they fail to comply with Wikipedia's criteria - mainly about notability - and not for any other reason. You will not be able to remove information which is well-referenced and which the consensus of editors believes is encyclopaedic. However, if there is information which is not sourced, and/or which you think puts you or somebody at risk, please email info-en-q@wikimedia.org. See AUTOPROB for more information. --ColinFine (talk) 15:36, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki links to article subheadings[edit]

When a wikilink in an article is hovered over, the first few sentences of the other article appear, as well as the top picture (if any) for that other article. A wikilink can also go to an article subheading, such as here: atomic age, by using a # for the subheadings name in the wikilink. When this is done however, when the wikilink is hovered over it shows the first few sentences from the TOP of the other article, and its associated picture (if any). This is confusing, as a person hovering over the link that is in the context of the subheading information will instead see the main/top information when hovering over it, which is often out of context and can make it appear as if the wikilink is pointing to something incorrect. Question: how can one edit a wikilink that goes to an article's subheading so that when it is hovered over it is instead the first few sentences of the subheading that pop up, along with any associated subheading picture? Thank you Nicholas Nastrusnic (talk) 15:54, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Nicholas Nastrusnic: You cannot affect the functionality when you make a link. There are two hover features. "Navigation popups" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets already displays text (but not image) from the linked section. "Page previews" (also called Hovercards) at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering has a request for this at phab:T102280. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:07, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Or it could be that the section heading has changed since the link was created. The link should then be edited so as to link to the new section heading. See Help:Section#Section_linking : Bhunacat10 (talk), 16:21, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Copying References Tables[edit]

Dear fellas of Wikipedia. I apologize greatly if this be the incorrect place or time to ask this type of question. However, I am trying to copy an entire list of around 200 references or so, and lest re-copying every single reference into this draft article, I am curious if there would be a way to copy the original article's reference list and put it in my draft article. By the way, we're dealing with two different language Wikipedias. Thanks in advance fellas! DoctorSpeed^{Want to talk?}

Hello, DoctorSpeed. As far as I know, there isn't. Remember that the "reference list" does not exist in the source code - each reference is defined where it is used, normally scattered through the text of the article. What you could do is to make a copy of the whole article in another sandbox, and cut out everything that isn't a reference from it. Then you can copy the references over to your new article one by one. You'll need to be careful about repeated references (copy the named one before copying any others that simply reference the name); and the templates that are usually used in citations may not exist, or may be called something different, in the other language Wikipedia.

If you are copying anything between Wikipedias, please make sure you are complying with the conditions of the licence. In any case, have a look at Translate us. --ColinFine (talk) 17:39, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@DoctorSpeed: Separately from the technical issues, it is not generally appropriate to just copy references, with the possible exception of an article translation or splitting an article. When you add a reference, you are implicitly asserting that you have personally verified that the reference really does support the portions of the article that cite it. -Arch dude (talk) 02:53, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Arch dude: I am translating, but I appreciate the response. Carry on! DoctorSpeed^{Want to talk?}

Article about author, Ernest Sears Jr.[edit]

Hi,

I have searched Wikipedia and there is no article on the author of Detox Your Circle, Activate Your Destiny. Why is that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sosconsulting (talk • contribs) 20:30, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Sosconsulting: Because nobody has written it. We are all (roughly 100,000 active) volunteers and each of us does whatever we like. If the subject is notable (WP:N) (really. we mean it. Notability by our definition is the only fundamentaly requirement) and if you are not associated with the subject (WP:COI) then feel free to write the article. See WP:YFA. However, you will need to abandon your current user name, since it implies that is a group name and not an individuola. See WP:USERNAME. Please don't get discouraged. -Arch dude (talk) 22:12, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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[Edit conflict] Because none of the volunteers who have written all of Wikipedia's articles have so far wanted to write one. You yourself are as qualified as anyone to do so, since you are aware of the author and publication (which is more than I, an ex-professional bookseller and publisher, can say.)

You might want to read Wikipedia:Your first article, but before that, you should read Wikipedia:Notability (people) and Wikipedia:Notability (books) to decide, as objectively as possible, whether the author or book has been well enough written about in published, independent, reliable sources to provide sufficient material upon which to base the article, all of whose content should be taken from and cited to those sources. If such sources cannot be found, no such article will be acceptable in Wikipedia. Consider that there are fewer than 6 million articles on all subjects, in total, in the English Wikipedia, so many, many millions of books have not yet been demonstrated to be sufficiently important/notable as to merit an article.

Without wishing to cast specific aspersions on the credibility of this book, you might also want to check out Wikipedia:Fringe. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 2.122.1.40 (talk) 22:26, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to type an apostrophe: If I may be so bold.[edit]

My laptop died, so for months most of my edits have been done on my iPhone. It is hard to participate in AFD because I am unable to bold the Keep or Delete. If I use the IPhone keyboard and use three single quotes, they do not act as their lookalike apostrophes, and it just says ‘’’Keep’’’without being bold. If I use the extra markup symbols available below the edit window, it just says ′′′Keep′′′ as well as taking forever to scroll down for each individual single quote. If I copy a Keep or Delete from the AFD, or copy the apostrophes from the WP:MARKUP page then there is no problem getting it to be bold like bold the text. When I was able to use the actual physical keyboard on a laptop or desktop PC, if I recall correctly, three single quotes would act as apostrophes and bold whatever was between a pair of them. How can I edit from an Iphone without having to copy someone else’s Keep? The copy function does not work well on a long page, and wants to way overshoot the desired text. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and would allow me to participate more fully in the project without a pc. Edison (talk) 21:08, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a toolbar with B for bold and I for italics above the edit area? Or try holding down the single quote and see if you get a menu with a real apostrophe. You could also turn off smart punctuation on the iPhone. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:30, 10 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thsnks! Both methods work. Edison (talk) 22:31, 11 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Missing player[edit]

In the entry Auckland City FC player appearances one of the club centuruons is missing. How can this be corrected? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2407:7000:8C7A:8339:5D41:B4AB:957D:ACFA (talk) 21:29, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

By adding him to the list. If he has made that number of appearances, there would usually be a Wikipedia article about him. What is his name? However, Auckland is a semi-professional club and if he has only appeared for them and not in a fully professional league he may not pass WP:NFOOTY and thus not have an article. This would not necessarily preclude him from the list. Please provide a link to the appearances page so the criteria can be checked. Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~). Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 22:34, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]