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March 29[edit]

Problem with a page redirecting.[edit]

I have no idea how to fix it or I would do it myself. The Snowpiercer TV show page keeps redirecting to the Happy Anderson page as soon as you scroll or click on any links on the page. I have also been unable to find any place to report technical bugs like this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:F2C0:ECA6:2C2:D961:27F6:4E73:B1C1 (talk) 03:36, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Snowpiercer (TV series) works fine for me. Clarityfiend (talk) 05:22, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And it works for me on both a computer and the Android App. What are you looking at it with? --ColinFine (talk) 10:45, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I also have no trouble accessing Snowpiercer (TV series) and staying on it. WP:VPT might be able to help you better, but you should know what device you're using and what browser/app so people can help you more easily. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 15:02, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

General[edit]

How to read the Wikipedia database from the start from the first article and first thing was published in Wikipedia database — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mostafa Mohamed zakria (talk • contribs) 04:07, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest you start by reading Wikipedia:Wikipedia's oldest articles. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:24, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure I understand your question. There are more than 6.4 million articles on the English Wikipedia, so if you read 1000 a day it will take you about seventeen years. There have been more than a billion edits, so there have been more than a billion article versions. If you read 1000 a day it will take you 2740 years. More realistically, if you want a copy of the entire database including all the history, you can download it: see Wikipedia:Database download. This is multiple terrabytes of data, so you will need a good internet connection. -Arch dude (talk) 15:34, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Pages that link to "Solothurn" (a city in Switzerland, just an example)[edit]

In the page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Solothurn

I have searched for Solothurn in the Brussels article and in the page source without success.

What do I miss ?

Are they "cheating" in some way ?

Thank you

Jean-Michel — Preceding unsigned comment added by JM Swift (talk • contribs) 13:29, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

At the bottom of Brussels is a Navbox titled 'Articles related to Brussels'. Inside that is another navbox titled 'Capitals of European states and territories' ({{List of European capitals by region}})

—Trappist the monk (talk) 13:54, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) @JM Swift: Solothurn is linked in Template:List of European capitals by region which is transcluded (meaning displayed) at the bottom of 161 articles. You usually have to click "[show]" once or twice to see it in the articles. User:PrimeHunter/Source links.js gives a way for registered users to search for articles which link a page in their own source text and not via a transcluded template. On Solothurn it produces Source links. PrimeHunter (talk) 13:56, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict)The link is hidden in the (collapsed) Navbox "Articles related to Brussels" under "Capitals of European states and territories". The link comes from Template:List of European capitals by region, thats why its not present in the Wikitext source. Most browser's "Find on Page" feature do not search hidden elements. Victor Schmidt (talk) 13:57, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Homages before death[edit]

Raúl Alfonsín died in 2009, but before that moment there was a ceremony that unveiled his bust at the "Casa Rosada" (Argentina's presidential palace). Should this info go at "Later years" or "Legacy"? Cambalachero (talk) 14:28, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd put it in Legacy, personally. A preferred place for questions like this is the talk page of the article in question. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:37, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Legacy, but this is more of a talk page thing. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:38, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I asked here because that's not a very visible page and talk page question may not be noticed by anyone, and also because it's a detail that may arise in other biographies as well. Cambalachero (talk) 15:04, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Do new user subpages need to be reviewed?[edit]

About 45 minutes ago I noticed that one of my user subpages had been reviewed. Is this process mandatory?

Seems odd since a lot of user subpages are simply for personal use. InterstateFive (talk) - just another roadgeek 15:15, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I think all new pages get added to an unreviewed pages category. There's reasonable debate about the necessity or untiity of reviewing every page outside of the article namespace. But if someone happens to look at a non-mainspace page and think it's fine they may as well mark it reviewed to get it out of the category. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 15:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sex! Now that I have your attention...[edit]

When I hover my mouse over the link to some users, the pop-up sometimes says "he/him" or "she/her". It is useful to know how people prefer to be addressed, and I would like to do the same but I don't know where that information comes from. Where should I specify my sex so it gets picked up like this?--Gronk Oz (talk) 15:57, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Preferences --> User profile --> Internationalisation (for some reason?) --Floquenbeam (talk) 16:01, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

+ + + Sniffs around. + + + -Roxy the grumpy dog. wooF 16:04, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Where is this article?[edit]

We used to have an article. It was entitled something like "Oldest Surviving Academy Award Winners" ... or "Earliest Surviving Academy Award Winners" ... or some such. I can't seem to find it. Anyone know anything? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:17, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Joseph A. Spadaro we have List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees is that what you were thinking of ? - Arjayay (talk) 18:24, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees seems to be by age at the time of their win, not oldest still living. I don't see anything in Category:Academy Awards lists that matches what you are describing. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 18:29, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. No, I am familiar with -- and I am not seeking -- List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees. I am seeking something like "Oldest Surviving Academy Award Winners" ... or "Earliest Surviving Academy Award Winners". It would state, for example, that Kirk Douglas was the oldest Best Actor nominee still living ... or Louise Rainer was the oldest Best Actress winner still living ... that type of thing. I made tons of edits to that article, over the years. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:06, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just found this. These were the "official" names: List of earliest surviving Academy Award winners and nominees ... and ... List of oldest living Academy Award winners and nominees. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 19:18, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro: There should be enough items in Wikidata to permit you to form a query to display the list you want. This approach is better than relying on editors to keep an article up to date. -Arch dude (talk) 20:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. It appears that those articles were deleted. I was unaware of the deletion, till now. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 15:47, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

How to edit on Wikipedia[edit]

How to edit on Wikipedia — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.163.1.230 (talk) 22:46, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome. To get started, check out the tutorial at WP:TUTORIAL and the interactive learning game at WP:ADVENTURE. RudolfRed (talk) 23:10, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You must have an account to use WP:ADVENTURE. 331dot (talk) 23:13, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]