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July 9

Need help with an editnotice

I created an editnotice for my alternative user talk page, why isn't it working? — AP 499D25 (talk) 04:22, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@AP 499D25 Wikipedia:Editnotice says that Anyone can create an editnotice for a user or user talk page. (But editnotices for user sub-pages can only be created by admins, template editors, and page movers.), which means you'll have to request that Template:Editnotices/Page/User talk:AP 499D25/AltSpace be created by placing the {{edit template-protected}} template on Template talk:Editnotices/Page/User talk:AP 499D25/AltSpace '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 04:31, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks! I knew there would be and I think I may have read something like that, but somehow I had completely missed it this time. — AP 499D25 (talk) 04:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company

I have additional information for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company page but I am 82 years of age and I really can not figure out what to do. Can somebody download my input for me please? 139.168.199.245 (talk) 04:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If the information has references then we will welcome it. If it is simply personal reflection with no references then we cannot. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:01, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Referencing errors on Timken Company

Reference help requested. How to fix this title error Thanks, Natashamishra (talk) 06:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Natashamishra When you gets errors like that in the future it is best to compare what you did with what was there before You had erased a "|"character. What is your connection with Timken/Metallus, if any, please? 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 06:53, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No connection. It came up as a suggestion editing task to update the article Natashamishra (talk) 06:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Natashamishra Thank you for this clear statement. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 07:00, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Address on Wikipedia article

I have adjusted the address on Wikipedia article, however, the map is still showing the outdated one. I have also adjusted address on OpenStreetMap, but nothing changes. What should I do? EFIEDUCATION (talk) 11:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the OP's previous post, this relates to the Fashion Retail Academy article. TSventon (talk) 11:30, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

EFIEDUCATION address and geo coordinates have to be changed separately. You can look up an online address-to-geo coord converter, put in the new address, and put the correct coordinates into Fashion Retail Academy's Wikidata entry. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 13:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind. Someone already updated the Wikidata entry. The article is still confused though - interestingly enough, the map is centered on the wrong location but has the marker in the correct spot. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 13:23, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sungodtemple: The centering of the map was based on the coordinates in Wikidata, which were for the previous location. I've changed them, and the map is now properly centered. Deor (talk) 15:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@EFIEDUCATION:@Sungodtemple: OK, I was confused, since the Fashion Retail Academy article itself still had the coordinates of the former location. I've emended them and undone my Wikidata change, so now the map is showing the correct location (though still uncentered, since it is trying to include both the old location and the new one). Perhaps the centering issue is a caching problem that will be cleared up in time. Deor (talk) 16:39, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

dashavatar

it says gautham budda but it is actually balaram please can you cange that 117.241.62.72 (talk) 15:13, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please post your suggestion on the talk page Talk:Dashavatara. Balarama is mentioned several times in that article, as well as Gautama, so I cannot tell what change you are suggesting: please be clearer. ColinFine (talk) 15:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Party colour in table

Could someone have a look at the table in Waveney_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Boundaries and point out the presumably blindingly obvious mistake I'm making? To me, the code I'm using for party colo(u)r seems to match that in the table in Waveney_Valley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)#Members_of_Parliament, but it isn't working. I asked at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Politics_of_the_United_Kingdom#Party_colour_in_table:_Help! an hour ago but no-one seems to be picking up on it, and the article looks a bit of a mess (though I've still got {{in use}} on it, as an excuse). PamD 15:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@PamD: Try this. I think the line breaks are important? DanCherek (talk) 15:38, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@DanCherek Brilliant, thanks. I thought I'd tried every variation of line breaks, but evidently not. Tables really are somewhat bewildering! Thanks again. PamD 15:46, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

Post a Biography

Hello, I would like to post the biography of a Trinidad and Tobagoian psychiatrist and researcher who has added to the history of suicide information. Please advise on how I could do that. TrinbagoianNetwork (talk) 15:56, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would have to be someone who met the notability guideline. It is also important to avoid conflict of interest situations.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:36, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, TrinbagoianNetwork. Many people who try the challenging task of creating a new article without spending a considerable time learning how Wikipedia works and how to interact with other editors, have a frustrating and miserable experience. I always advise new editors to not even think about creating a new article until they have spent at least a few weeks making improvements to existing articles, and learning about such core concepts as verifiability, reliable sources, neutral point of view, and notability.

Once they have an understanding of those ideas, then is the time to read your first article carefully, and start looking for the reliable independent sources| without which an article is impossible. If they can find these, then they can start writing a summary of what those sources say - not a summary of what they themselves know about the subject. ColinFine (talk) 19:41, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is it really a Featured List?

A brand new article, Ranveer Singh Filmography, has a star at the top to proclaim that it is a Featured List. I would like to verify if this is true - is there somewhere to check whether a particular article is actually a Featured List? I looked at Wikipedia:Featured lists but it does not appear to have any search capability like this. Gronk Oz (talk) 16:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It is not listed at WP:FL so I have removed the Featured list template. Also a FL would normally have an Article history with a link to the FL nomination discussion on its talk page. TSventon (talk) 16:21, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon: Thanks for that. For the dummies, where were you able to check this on WP:FL? I looked all over there, but could not see where I could verify this... --Gronk Oz (talk) 16:27, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gronk Oz: I unhid the Media section and checked Wikipedia:Featured lists#Filmographies. TSventon (talk) 16:35, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TSventon: Thanks!

--Gronk Oz (talk) 01:05, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accessing

I'm able to input the subject I'm interested in......when I open your website I cannot find the usual space which allows me to type in my inquiry. Do28ris (talk) 18:55, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Do28ris, that happens when the screen is too narrow to display a search box. There should be a magnifying glass icon at the top of the page and if you click on it the search box should come back. TSventon (talk) 19:02, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draft review

Draft review process Buddy Bio (talk) 20:59, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What is your question? You resubmitted Draft:Rashtriya Jankranti Morcha six days ago, and you have continued to make improvements to it. It does not look to me as if you have enough sources that meet the triple criteria in 42 to establish notability, as many of them seem to be mere listings, or about their performance in a particular election. But I may be wrong. ColinFine (talk) 22:33, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Downtown Community School

Is it possible to add several other prominent alumni to the entry on Downtown Community School? If so, how does one go about doing that? 2601:40F:4400:C220:1DFD:6ED7:2789:D0ED (talk) 21:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. The article Downtown Community School is in poor condition, probably because it closed down 53 years ago, and few people care about it now. As for alumni, Richard Kostelanetz is the first one mentioned, but no reference to a reliable source is given, and his own biography article does not mention that he attended the school. That is not good at all. The relevant policy is verifiability. My opinion, which is widely shared, is that only alumni who are the subjects of Wikipedia articles should be included as alumni, and it us not the role of an individual Wikipedia editor to decide that some person is "prominent". So, if you want to add alumni, I recommend that you limit yourself to those who already have Wikipedia biographies that verify that the people in question attended the Downtown Community School. Cullen328 (talk) 21:48, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please read WP:ALUMNI for details. Cullen328 (talk) 21:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Recently I've found the reference tooltip in large text, and don't know how to change it to small Jag1762010 (talk) 23:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Jag1762010: It will probably soon change after discussion at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-ReferenceTooltips.js#Update request 9 July 2024. PrimeHunter (talk) 07:47, 10 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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