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February 18[edit]

Wikipedia Page Locked[edit]

Hi Wikipedia,

I would like to edit a Wikipedia page with new and current information. The page is locked from editing and I am wondering how I can get a page unlocked.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndswimmer (talk • contribs) 05:05, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ndswimmer You may make a request at Requests for page protection, but for what you're describing, you're better off making an edit request on the page's talk page. – AssumeGoodWraith (talk | contribs) 05:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup of a page's history[edit]

Am I allowed to move a page to draft, copy it back, then delete the draft? (talking about this one) – AssumeGoodWraith (talk | contribs) 05:11, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting the history is a big no no. Edit attribution is a minor demigod who is worshipped here. If you feel some of the edits should not be seen by mortal man/woman, ask an admin to hide them. See WP:Oversight. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:11, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@AssumeGoodWraith: Attribution to editors of a page is a legal requirement in our license. See also Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia. You could have copied content when you were the sole contributor to the page but it's too late now. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:43, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Image size[edit]

I'm trying to place two images beside each other, but each one I've tried results in different heights. I've tried this, this, and this, but the result is the same at Arts and Industries Building. I'm using the layout that worked on this article. Is there another one that works better? APK whisper in my ear 06:34, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@APK: I used the total_width parameter in {{Multiple image}}.[1] Your example at Sulgrave Club#Wadsworths and American Red Cross doesn't have the same height but it's closer because the width to height ratio of the used images is closer. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:34, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Awesome, thank you so much. APK whisper in my ear 07:50, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Show Preview & Show Changes broken for IP editors?[edit]

Hi there. If I try to preview what I've written, or try the 'Show changes', Wikipedia asks that I fill in a captcha, and then publishes anyway when I do. This is new... bit annoying =harder to catch mistakes. What's going on? It's doing it now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:A45D:25BD:1:C9F6:3F:2D1F:D86F (talk) 09:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking as an IP editor who has also encountered this today; I don't find it particularly irksome, and can see that it might be usefully preventing some forms of vandalistic editing. I'm sure we'll all get used to it. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.193.130.191 (talk) 10:53, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

IPs, see this thread. – AssumeGoodWraith (talk | contribs) 10:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Infobox template running out of numbered parameters[edit]

The page Stuart Ayres uses Template:Infobox officeholder, which supports parameters from |office1 to |office 16. There is a need for an |office17, but it isn't showing up. What is the procedure to get around this? I tried embedding another template, but it didn't work. Thanks! Shuipzv3 (talk) 11:42, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shuipzv3 You would need to make a template edit request at the talkpage Template talk:Infobox officeholder asking for |office17 (and any more numbers you may need) to be added for that template. Joseph2302 (talk) 12:13, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ENGLISH VERSION OF GERMAN ENTRY[edit]

An ancestor of mine has this page - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Gomperz. It is not available on the UK version of Wikipedia. I would like to know why, please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Antonyacooper (talk • contribs) 12:39, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Antonyacooper Because no one has created it. Each language version of Wikipedia is its own project, with their own editors and policies. What occurs on one version will not automatically occur on another version. Furthermore, what is acceptable on one version is not necessarily acceptable on another. 331dot (talk) 12:41, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia editions are per-language, not per-country. There are other places besides the United Kingdom where English is a majority language, and we have editors from those locales. —A little blue Bori v^_^v ^{Jéské Couriano} 12:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He looks like somebody who meets our standards of notability, but somebody with more skills in German than I would have to write the article. --Orange Mike | Talk 13:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you would like to have a go at creating an English article, Antonyacooper, please see Translation. However, as you are a descendent, you should also look at COI. ColinFine (talk) 13:49, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I agree that notability is not in question here, so not too much potential for COI. --KnightMove (talk) 07:15, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

how replying to a reply[edit]

I never used Wikipedia in that way and I could not understand how to reply to a comment to my submission by reading on the Wiki relevant page (in my case "Uncertainty bars and uncertantinty band"). Where can I find the link to do it without using the "edit" of my submission? Many thanks Frpavese (talk) 14:28, 18 February 2022 (UTC)Franco Pavese — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frpavese (talk • contribs) 14:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Frpavese, Welcome! Try this. Go here: Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures. Enable the thing called "Discussion tools". Perhaps reload the page. You should now see a "reply" link at the end of every comment on a talk-page. Hope this helps. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Convoy[edit]

Hi Folks!! Is there such a thing as {{Template:Infobox Convoy}} or {{Template:Infobox Deportation Convoy}} that can be used as an infobox to detail a deportation f folk to a concentration camp. It is regardiing this article:Convoy n° 77 of July 31, 1944 The french at Convoi n° 77 du 31 juillet 1944 has one. There is lot of these deportation article. There was 79 for this Drancy alone. Thanks. scope_creep^Talk 16:58, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I haven't found one, Scope creep, but you can look through Category:Infobox templates and see if there's something suitable. I've no idea how difficut it would be to translate fr:Modèle:Infobox Convoi de déportation. Incidentally, the English and French articles you link to don't seem to be linked through Wikidata. --ColinFine (talk) 17:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

XTools and top edits per namespace[edit]

Hi. XTools only shows 50 items.[2] Is there any way to see more than 50 items/articles? Mann Mann (talk) 18:05, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Mann Mann, I wonder if there's some error with that particular page/stat. Compare [3]. Checking my own, I have the same problem. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 21:16, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe XTools developers forgot to implement it for article namespace or it is still work in progress. Mann Mann (talk) 05:41, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

omarossa manigault's birthday[edit]

is omarossa's birthday

february 15 or february 5

sometimes it will have both.

which is accurate? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:301B:7:4600:DC7:C244:2903:13F0 (talk) 21:33, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. Our article Omarosa Manigault had (twice) a date of 5 February, but this was unsourced, so I have removed it, since the birth date of a living person is regarded as private, and should not appear in a Wikipedia article unless it has been widely published already (see WP:BLPPRIVACY). If you have a reliable published source for her date, please post it with a reference to the source on Talk:Omarosa Manigault, and perhaps somebody will add it to the article. --ColinFine (talk) 22:25, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

suggested languages[edit]

I would like to know how to change the suggested languages to English only. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7000:7600:734D:C938:87E7:2B20:B474 (talk) 21:37, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't know what you mean by "the suggested languages". What is suggesting them, in what context? --ColinFine (talk) 22:26, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changing the name of a page[edit]

Hello, I was wondering if I could have assistance with changing the name of a page. The organization that I work for has changed its name, and we would like our wikipedia page to reflect that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RJCAdmissions (talk • contribs) 22:05, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

RJCAdmissions I would note that it is not "your organization's wikipedia page", but a Wikipedia article about your organization. Please see your user talk page for important information about your username, conflict of interest and paid editing. Regarding your question, changing a title requires a page move, which may be requested at Requested Moves. Be advised that article titles are not necessarily official or legal names, but what a subject is commonly referred to as in independent reliable sources(see WP:COMMONNAME)- but more than likely you will be able to have it changed. 331dot (talk) 22:10, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Should you cite the source of images on a page[edit]

When you put an image on a page, do you have to cite its source? FelixAnon (talk) 23:12, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@FelixAnon: No. The source should be in the image information page, which viewers can see when they click the image. RudolfRed (talk) 00:27, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pickleball[edit]

Your history on how Pickleball was created is totally fiction. Hillbilly Ping Pong started in MN and is not anywhere near what you are showing online. It wasn't called Pickleball until later because of the negative connotations associated with the word Hillbilly. It was invented by two men in rural MN who were bored when their ping pong table broke. They used the ping pong paddles to play badminton and when they couldn't find the shuttlecock, they used a wiffle ball. Then it was created. Nothing like you have stated - ridiculous and outlandish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheRobinKing (talk • contribs) 23:22, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheRobinKing: Do you have a WP:RS stating this info? ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 23:27, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@TheRobinKing: If you have suggestions to improve an article, please start a discussion on that article's talk page. Along, with sources, as Blaze Wolf has said. RudolfRed (talk) 00:35, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]