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February 7

Huge mistake

I accidentally just opened an AfD for the wrong page and have no idea what to do. I meant to open one for Candace (show) but instead opened it for Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Daily Wire (2nd nomination). Help please! TipsyElephant (talk) 00:26, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Do I just do a speedy keep withdrawl and then reopen it for Candace (show) or can I move the deletion discussion or something? TipsyElephant (talk) 00:47, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

@TipsyElephant: No worries, the AfD has been speedy-closed, go ahead and create one for the show. --Nosebagbear (talk) 10:30, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I have a copyright of buzz the Bee and I want to know how how to register on wikapedia

Thankyou Please contact me <redacted>! Thankyou! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.10.153.140 (talk) 00:28, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

See WP:Notability for notability requirements for making new articles. I don't know what Buzz the Bee is, unless you are talking about Honey Nut Cheerios. DirkDouse (talk) 00:32, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a governmental body, so you cannot register a copyright here. In the US, you can register a copyright with the United States Copyright Office. If someone else has improperly uploaded your copyrighted work to Wikipedia, please tell us the name of the article or image file so we can remove it. If you wish to upload a copy of a work to which you own the copyright, you must license it to us under the CC_BY_SA, which then lets anyone in the whole world use your work under that license. -Arch dude (talk) 01:33, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Image insert

In Myanmar kyat topic, you are missing 50 pyars coin image. I have this coin reverse side image. But I don't know how to insert it. Please tell me " how to do that "

Here is the link for this image,

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3IRPa1yFcP74UFmwg0pPk4MeToYBNgg/view?usp=drivesdk

— Preceding unsigned comment added by U Thaung Myint (talk • contribs) 04:50, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

You'll find advice at WP:Images, and at the pages linked from there. --David Biddulph (talk) 05:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

About New Zealand

Hai I would like to ask, in New Zealand Vehicle driving side is Left or Right. In wikepide it's showing that 'Left '. But i think it is 'Right '. Please re-check — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.59.19.183 (talk) 08:29, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Left- and right-hand traffic confirms, with a reference, that it's on the left. Do you have any reliable source for it being on the right? --David Biddulph (talk) 09:50, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Does a webcam image from the NZ Transport Agency count as a reliable source? I don't think you'd want to enter this roundabout driving on the right: [1]. AndyTheGrump (talk) 09:59, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

This similar NZ transport agency source confirms that they drive on the left-hand side of the road, whatever the traffic-cams look like. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

This, or a similar question, has come up before (at a different location). In countries where vehicles are driven on the left-hand side of the road the controls (steering wheel etc.) are typically, but not always, on the right-hand side of the car, (known as 'right-hand drive'). This can be confusing to someone not aware of the different terms. Eagleash (talk) 10:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Indeed. I once got given a "lefties' desk calendar". Among the nuggets of information was that such-and-such a place had England's biggest centre for left-hand drive cars. The compilers presumably didn't realise that a left-hand drive car is what the Americans call "a car" - with the driver sitting on the left of the passenger. --ColinFine (talk) 11:48, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

@ColinFine: There is a dealer about 10 miles from me (London UK) who basically only deals in LHD vehicles – usually 'muscle cars'. They would definitely lay claim to that title! Eagleash (talk) 11:54, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Agree with Eagleash - I've had to try and explain this this before - the confusion is "drives on the left" - which means drives on the left hand side of the road, whereas some people incorrectly assume it means the steering wheel is on the left hand side of the car. - Arjayay (talk) 13:43, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I think you'll find the largest UK LHD car dealer is between the USAF airbases at Mildenhall and Lakenheath - Arjayay (talk) 13:48, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Page creation problem

The very specific page i've just created to highlight important information regarding Elon Musk family just like /wiki/walton_family got redirected instead with absurd reason, need some help here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musk_Family&redirect=no -- User:MrHerii (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 10:49, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Please read Help:Your first article. Your contribution was entirely unsuited to article space, for multiple reasons. AndyTheGrump (talk) 11:16, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Now recreated in article space at Elon_Musk's_Family. Princess Persnickety (talk) 13:18, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I've proposed it for deletion, though I'm not sure it doesn't qualify for speedy deletion as nonsense. Either way, it doesn't remotely belong in article space. AndyTheGrump (talk) 13:35, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

table of content is wrong

Galilean non-invariance of classical electromagnetism Athul c137 (talk) 16:54, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

• Apparently the table of contents does not support <math> markup. JIP | Talk 17:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

MOS:FORMULA says section headings should use HTML only. phab:T295091 is about the problem. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:36, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Trying to revert identifies a proxy roadblock

I'm trying to revert vandalism at Joseph E. Brown. The vandalism is massive blanking. Trying to reverse it results in an error that there is reference to a local proxy, preventing me from saving it. I found no instances of "proxy" in the content or markup. Other than that, I don't know what to do to identify the text that's causing the roadblock. _signed, Willondon (talk) 18:00, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I'm a bit confused as well. It gives me 2 specific instances of it (one being "www.oxfordartonline.com.proxy.lib.duke.edu/") however when I Go to the revision before the vandalism and search for ".proxy" nothing comes up. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

It's sorted now. Admin power, I guess! _signed, Willondon (talk) 18:09, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

(e/c) I was able to do it (perhaps because I'm an admin?). I don't see any error messages in the references now. I assume/hope all is OK now? What was actually going on to cause the error is beyond my competence. --Floquenbeam (talk) 18:11, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I've reported it as a false positive so hopefully someone there will be able to figure out what's triggering this filter. ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 18:12, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

I have added a note to Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives/Reports#Blaze Wolf. PrimeHunter (talk) 02:34, 8 February 2022 (UTC)

donations

I inadvertently started a monthly contribution and would like to stop it. I started it before I had an account. How do I go about stopping it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cthessen (talk • contribs) 18:59, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Cthessen Please email donate at wikimedia dot org with any inquires about donations. 331dot (talk) 19:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

Also note that donation records are not connected to accounts or IPs; if you said nothing, we would have no way of knowing if you donated or not. 331dot (talk) 19:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

See more at donate:Cancel or change recurring giving. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:39, 7 February 2022 (UTC)