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June 19[edit]

Userbox Help?[edit]

Is there a specific sector of Wikipedia where I can ask help relating to userboxes? (I’m specifically meaning if a Userbox I’m looking for exists) James-the-Charizard (talk) 02:14, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This should help Wikipedia:Userboxes#Users who make userboxes upon request - FlightTime (open channel) 02:21, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@FlightTime: Thanks! I was gonna see if I could find a Userbox that allows one to show their discord name in it. James-the-Charizard (talk) 02:23, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@James-the-Charizard: In that case, check out Template:User Discord. OkayKenG (talk) 05:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

{{User Discord|account = yourAccount}} OkayKenG (talk) 06:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Titles on my user pages and talk pages[edit]

I have formatted the title on my user page by italicizing it with white text and black background. I would like to do the same thing on my user talk page. Also, I would like to change the font in the title to be Arial, not the User: part of it. How do I do those things? Interstellarity T 🌟 10:54, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(not an answer) before you suggest it, OP already copied the userpage code

{{DISPLAYTITLE:<span style="color:Black">User:</span><font style="background:black"><span style="color:white"><b><i>Interstellarity</i></b></span></font>}}

to their user talk page. Tigraan^{Click here to contact me} 11:28, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It would have worked if he had said "User talk:", rather than "User:". --David Biddulph (talk) 12:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think this is all that needed changing. I have made the changes. Feel free to revert if wrong. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Tigraan, David Biddulph, and Lee Vilenski: I would also like to change the font in both titles to Arial. How do I do that? Interstellarity T 🌟 12:13, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Interstellarity: - the code is "font-family:Arial" I believe. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 13:58, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Lee Vilenski: I only want the Interstellarity part to be Arial, not the User: and User talk:. Interstellarity T 🌟 14:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No worries, I'll replace. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:00, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Lee Vilenski: Thank you :-). You're the best! Interstellarity T 🌟 14:03, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with move file error[edit]

Can someone please help with this error message File:Move file error message.png. I was trying to process the move request from here Category:Wikipedia files requiring renaming and got that error message, I have no idea what it means or how or if it can be resolved. Please ping me Thanx, - FlightTime (open channel) 15:12, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@NeoBatfreak: Thank you, I was seeking help here and totally forgot to revert that edit. - FlightTime (open channel) 02:52, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updating primary infobox image[edit]

Hi-

I'm an official representative for No Depression and would like to update the image in the infobox on our Page to reflect our current journal look and feel. My desire is to simply replace this very outdated journal cover with our latest journal cover, which has drastically changed.

How do I do that? I am authorized to use the image I have/want to update with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adamkirr (talk • contribs) 15:42, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Adamkirr: You need to bring this up on the article talk page Talk:No Depression (magazine). You can use {{Request edit}}. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Adamkirr. As the messages on your user talk page tell you, you should declare your conflict of interest in editing that article; and if your position as an official representative is in any way compensated, you must declare yourself as a paid editor. Please understand that the article belongs to Wikipedia and not to your client: anybody in the world may edit it in accordance with Wikipedia's policies; but you are discouraged from doing so directly.

As for the image: authorisation is irrelevant. Apart from the (unlikely) case that the copyright owner chooses to release the image publicly under a licence which will allow anybody in the world to reuse it for any purpose, it can only be used in English Wikipedia under the non-free content criteria. If in the judgment of uninvolved editors a particular image you want to propose can be used in a way that meets all these criteria, then it can be used (and if there is already an image there, this is likely to be straightforward). Please make the request as FlightTime suggests, giving a link to the image to be used. --ColinFine (talk) 16:08, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updating Logo on Company Page[edit]

Hi there,

We updated our logo this year, and I can't figure out how to get the new logo on the profile box of our company page (ContactEngine). Please can you let me know how I can get it updated? — Preceding unsigned comment added by ContactEngine (talk • contribs) 16:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, ContactEngine: please read the replies to the question just above: even though that was about a magazine cover, they apply pretty well exactly to your case. You will also need to register an account which is personal to you, and does not imply that you are editing for a company. --ColinFine (talk) 16:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ContactEngine

Done TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:46, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Update a picture on the web page[edit]

Hi I am the editor in chief of the American Journal of Public Health. The journal wiki page has a picture of a cover dating from 2012. We have entirely redesigned the cover. I am trying to substitute the 2012 cover with the latest one (July 2019) but the page does not let me do the change and accept the new picture. What shall I do? Thanks you for your help — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amorabia (talk • contribs) 17:15, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Amorabia:

Done I just replaced the cover. I did notice in the photo credits for the current issue that Getty Images is listed as the owner of the cover photo, which I included in the attribution information. [[1]] I know that Getty and their image copyright crackdowns are a sore spot with Wikipedia - so if that's not kosher and considered fair use, someone will revert me. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 17:40, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Two-factor authentication[edit]

Hello everyone, What is Two-factor authentication (The link)? Who can give me some information about it? Thanks! ⇒ Aram Talk 18:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ئارام بکر: The help page is Help:Two-factor authentication. -- John of Reading (talk) 18:39, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

John of Reading

Thank you ⇒ Aram Talk 18:56, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Sources with social media snippets in them Comment[edit]

I come across a lot of reliable sources containing either screenshots, or an inserted social media scroll on their page, most often Twitter or Facebook. I was wandering whether information could be taken from these social media 'snippets' and used in a Wikipedia article. For example, this BBC news article has a screenshot of a tweet by Piers Morgan, they have repeated the words of the tweet, so I presume that is fine to use in a Wikipedia article, but what about the other information on the screenshot, such as it was posted on 6 June. (For theoretical reasons, imagine that this is the ONLY source writing on this, so I can't just go and cite the information from another source). A better example of this is here where it isn't a screenshot but an actual inserted Twitter discussion. Any help is appreciated, Willbb234 (talk) 19:51, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In my view, it is a reliable source confirming that the tweet was made, or specifically that Piers Morgan said 'x.' It is kind of like the American rules of evidence re hearsay - the statement is evidence that the statement was made, but it cannot be used to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Does that make sense? --‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 20:06, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@El cid, el campeador: I'm sorry, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense. What I'm getting at is that the source can confirm the 'tweet' was made but you cannot use the content of the 'tweet' in an article. Am I correct? Willbb234 (talk) 20:19, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW Template:Cite tweet exists for situations where Twitter is used as a source. The wording of the tweet goes in the 'title' parameter. Eagleash (talk) 02:13, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Armstrong Teasdale[edit]

Helped
I am requesting an edit to Armstrong Teasdale's Wikipedia Page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armstrong_Teasdale).

Armstrong Teasdale is no longer a member of the China Alliance, which has disbanded. We also no longer have an office in Shanghai. Please remove the following section on the noted page.

Armstrong Teasdale established a presence in China in 1994 and was awarded a license to open a foreign law office in Shanghai in 2000 by the PRC Ministry of Justice. Armstrong Teasdale is also a member of the China Alliance, an arrangement with three leading independent law firms with practices in China's business and regulatory centers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.64.40.130 (talk • contribs) 21:45, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! Please reword your request and put it on the article talk page, here: Talk:Armstrong Teasdale. Rather than remove a section, we would most likely put the end date of the alliance. Are you able to provide any independent, third-party sources WP:RS for this change? (I was not able to find any in a quick search.) Thank you. Orville1974 (talk) 02:03, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I copied the request to the talkpage Talk:Armstrong Teasdale, and as Orville1974 says, you need to provide reliable sources to back up the claim. Please do so at the talkpage not here. – Ammarpad (talk) 07:57, 20 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Adding references[edit]

--Kangb (talk) 22:04, 19 June 2019 (UTC) I'm trying to add two references to the Old Northern Inn site, but get a mess that there is no content there. The two are: ^ Leonard Paul Reminisces, private transcript, copyright 2002 by Charlotte Jones ^ Pioneer Voices of Priest Lake, edited by Kris Runberg Smith, Keokee Books, copyright 2007 by Priest Lake Museum[reply]

What do I need to do to add these? thanks

See Wikipedia:Citing sources. Per WP:Verifiability all sources must be published. The second source appears to be published, and the citation you gave may be enough for reader to find it. But "private transcript" is not a phrase normally used when citing sources; I have no idea what it means. Also, there is not enough information for a reader to locate your first source. Jc3s5h (talk) 22:11, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]