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August 26[edit]

List of survey results[edit]

I'm wondering whether I'm allowed to insert a table with responses of participants from three surveys/studies, I have changed wording slightly. Is this a copyright issue? Are we only allowed to publish excerpts? It's quite important for the article Albertinon (talk) 00:35, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Albertinon: If the results are reported in a reliable source, then you can certainly paraphrase. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 03:02, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Would that be even a list that has been classified and the wording of results are a combination of the responses of each category, i.e. original work by the authors? In terms of copyright Albertinon (talk) 18:47, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Link preview[edit]

When I am not logged in, I can hover over any link and a popup will open with a brief description of said link. When I log in, this feature disappears. Why? 73.120.255.250 (talk) 01:45, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

When you log in, go to your preferences page, and under appearance turn on "Enable page previews". RudolfRed (talk) 01:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Profile pictures for federal judges not showing when I hover my mouse over their names[edit]

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Help desk

Weeklyd3 (talk) 02:03, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all,

I have been putting a lot of pictures of federal judges in their profiles. All of the pictures I put you can see when you're looking at the entire list of judges on a particular court when I am on my computer & hover my mouse over their name. I notice a lot of the older pictures that have been posted you cannot see their pictures when you hover the mouse over their names. You have to open their profile in order to see the picture. For example, on the page for the 9th circuit (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit - Wikipedia), every active judge has a picture in their profile. If you hover your mouse over the names of M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw & Ronald M. Gould you can see their pictures come up without opening their page. But when you hover the mouse over the names of Mary H. Murguia, Johnnie B. Rawlinson & Consuelo Callahan you cannot see the pictures of the judges. But when you open their profiles, they too have profile pictures. Any idea why some judges' pictures show without opening their pages & others do not? I asked @Star Mississippi as well & he said he also was going to look into it.

Thanks

MIAJudges (talk) 01:54, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for starting this @MIAJudges.

All: MIAJudges raised the above on my Talk and I thought it might be Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups, but they don't use that. Images aren't an area I work on so I don't have many more ideas. Thanks! Star Mississippi 02:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok no problem. Thanks for responding & have a good night.

MIAJudges (talk) 02:11, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: The feature is mw:Page Previews. It rejects small images. See mw:Extension:Popups#Known problems, but I'm not sure exactly how to interpret that rather unclear description. Maybe it means that when the height is greater than the width, the height must be at least 250px and the width at least 203px. PrimeHunter (talk) 03:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter

Thank you, that is good information. Is there a way I can adjust the pics that are too small in Wikipedia Commons or once it has been posted, it has to remain the same size? If they can be adjusted, I would be more then happy to adjust them all if somebody can walk me how to do one.

MIAJudges (talk) 03:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges I looked at the Johnnie B. Rawlinson article and the Infobox uses the {{CSS image crop}} template, which I've never seen before and am no expert on. However, I suspect that you could fiddle with the settings and get the size up to something the Page Preview could work with. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the image on Commons is poor, with a large portion of bench below the judge. I'll go and crop it there, which will fix the infobox, I hope! Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:13, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that one's fine now. The other two you mentioned are already too small, so can't be rescued. Maybe other public-domain images could be found for those judges? Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:21, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The old 329×837 version at File:J. B. Rawlinson.jpg#filehistory would have been missing for another reason. Page Previews can only show an image if it's the page image. mw:Extension:PageImages#How are images scored? requires a width/height ratio of 0.4 to 3.1. The old version was 0.39. Cropping fixed it. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:04, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all. So, I still am a little confused. I went into Image Crop, but I do not know what size to change the pictures to in order for the Page Preview to work. For instance, Timothy M. Tymkovich.jpg file picture doesn't show on the page preview. So, if I enlarge his picture with the Image Crop, is that all I need to do to make it work?

MIAJudges (talk) 22:07, 28 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@MIAJudges: File:Timothy M. Tymkovich.jpg is 200 × 180 pixels so it's too small for Page Previes which ignores it when you hover over Timothy Tymkovich (Navigation popups displays it but that feature is only an option for registered users). Don't enlarge images. They will lose quality and getting an image into Page Previews is not a priority. If you find a larger acceptable image with an allowed license then you can upload that. The Page Previews rules are stated poorly but I think width×height must be either at least 320×200 or 203×250. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:57, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ok got it. Some pictures are too small. Lucky all of the new judges can be seen from page preview. Thanks for the feedback all.

MIAJudges (talk) 13:34, 29 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Google search[edit]

Hello, I just created a new article earlier and wanted to ask how long it would take for the newly published article to be be Google searchable?

Here's a link to the article: Gavin Casalegno

Thank you!

Joh582 (talk) 08:01, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Joh582. It will be searchable once it has been reveiewed and accepted, or after 90 days, whichever comes first. However, your question suggests that you may have a conflict of interest in which case you will need to disclose it. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:29, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the reply, Shantavira!

I did read through COI link you provided and I would like to state that I am not falling into any COI categories. I don't know why this question prompted you to suspect that I may have a COI, I just wanted to clarify that I am simply an occasional wikipedia editor who was surprised to notice that there's no article on the subject matter.

Thanks again.

Joh582 (talk) 08:49, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Joh582 The question was asked because persons who ask about their work appearing in search engine results often have some interest in the article appearing in search results. If you have no COI, okay. 331dot (talk) 11:16, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Greg_davis_BET.png[edit]

I would like to use this photo for German Wikipedia articel about Greg Tarzan Davis, but it is not in Commons. Is it ok to use that photo and how to get it to Commons? Regards, -- Toni (talk) 10:49, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Toni Müller If you go to the file's page, you will find an "Export to Wikimedia Commons" tab at the top as one of the options. Just follow the instructions. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:02, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RAPOR[edit]

GÖZLERİMDE Kİ RAHATSIZLIĞIMIN TEDAVİSİ İÇİN SİZDEN BİLGİ ALMAK İSTİYORUM TÜRKİYE ANKARADA SİZE YOLLADIĞIM RAPORLARIM VERİLDİ TEDAVİSİNİN SADECE AMERİKADA OLDUĞUNU SÖYLEDİ DOKTORUM BANA YARDIMCI OLABİLİRMİSİNİZ Feyza1907 (talk) 10:52, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Translates as "I WANT TO GET INFORMATION FROM YOU FOR THE TREATMENT OF MY EYES. MY REPORTS I SENT TO YOU IN ANKARA, TURKEY, HE SAID THAT THE TREATMENT IS ONLY IN AMERICA, MY DOCTOR, CAN YOU HELP ME?" Answer is "NO". This is the Help Desk for English Wikipedia and we can only advise about editing this site, also see WP:NOMED Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:57, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

need help with editing a new sidebar[edit]

hi. I am trying to create a new sidebar at this page: User:Sm8900/Index/Drafts/sidebox 4 2020s. I would like to find some useful examples of actual usage of the navbox template:sidebar.

I looked at Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists, and that page has several helpful examples of the template in actual use. however, no such examples are displayed or linked to, at template:sidebar.

could you please assist? if possible, please ping me when you reply. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 13:33, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sm8900 you can use this WhatlinksHere query to see other templates based on this one. |Madeline. 13:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maddy from Celeste, I tried that, but every single one of them links to some other template which calls on template:sidebar, such as template: Infobox royalty, etc etc. there are dozens of similar items.

so I've been having some real difficulty with finding actual occurrences of the template {{sidebar}} itself. so is there anyone who might be able to offer just a few specific examples? i do appreciate your answer.

just to clarify, below is a list of just some of articles which come up when you click "what links here." so far, I have not been able to find any that use template: sidebar. thanks.

Sm8900 (talk) 13:54, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sm8900 that's probably because, as stated in the documentation, [{{sidebar}}] is a metatemplate for the creation of sidebar templates. Those pages you linked all use a template which in turn uses {{sidebar}}. The link I gave has some option pre-filled to only show other templates that transclude {{sidebar}}; you can take a look at the code for some of those. |Madeline. 14:00, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Maddy from Celeste, ok, that is good to know. thaat makes sense. however, if that's the case, could you please point me towards any template at all, which allows someone to create a simple infobox or sidebar, but without pre-existing specialized parameters for a non-relevant topic?

does any such template exist? that's one thing that I'd like to clarify. i really appreciate your help. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 15:06, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sm8900 from what I can tell, you're trying to create a sidebar template, right? In that case you should indeed just use {{sidebar}} to make that template, then use that template when you want that sidebar. |Madeline. 15:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You can copy Template:Sidebar#Usage and remove or ignore unused parameters. If they are assigned empty values like now then the template ignores them. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:40, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My user account was deleted without an explanation. I've been editing for several months and my edits no longer needed approval[edit]

My user account was deleted without an explanation. I've been editing for several months and my edits no longer needed approval. My user name was Chico1112 and you can see my edits here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_most-liked_Instagram_posts&action=history and this is the deletion log: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&page=User:Chico1112 Please help. I don't want to lose my several month history of edits that you can see on the Revision History page in the first URL above. My computer recently shut down and I had been logged in on a Firefox private page browsing page? --47.20.33.233 (talk) 16:04, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This doesn't require administrator help. Your account was not deleted, it still exists PICKLEDICAE🥒 16:08, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your account is at Special:Contributions/Chico1112 and appears to be fully working; you're just logged out of it. Have you tried logging back in again? There should be a "log in" option on the upper right side of your screen. Try that. --Jayron 32 16:15, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I was confused bc I got an error page that said the account did not exist. But logging in worked! strange! Chico1112 (talk) 16:19, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Chico1112. Are you sure that the message said the account did not exist, or was it that the user page did not exist? Your account has not got a user page, because you have not created one. (That's fine: there's no requirement to do so). ColinFine (talk) 16:30, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

request disambiguation edit[edit]

There are numerous names on Wikipedia's Disambiguation page for "John Hanna". My full name is John Clark Hanna. Wikipedia has listed me as John Hanna (activist). In order to differentiate my name from the others, would you kindly add my middle name 'Clark'? The Wikipedia redirect can then go directly to the 'Environmental Life Force' page upon clicking the name. Thank you! John Clark Hanna 2600:6C55:6700:7CE:19EE:B30F:4DDE:68D7 (talk) 17:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done John Clark Hanna TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 18:14, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And I've changed the link on the dab page to the new redirect. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 18:17, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Naomi Prins[edit]

Several weeks ago I joined what I thought was a subscription to receive special updates. I do not think I then had a login. Please clarify and advise. 2601:649:200:32B0:0:0:0:EDDA (talk) 20:09, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find an article or account named Naomi Prins, though there is Nomi Prins. IP user, you'll need to explain what you did in a little more detail - what is it you clicked on? Where? Account holders can place articles on a watchlist, but that function is not available to IP users. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:31, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure this was in Wikipedia? I can't think of what you might mean by "receive special updates". ColinFine (talk) 21:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, joining Wikipedia is free - there is no subscription payment needed. GoingBatty (talk) 04:11, 27 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]