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January 1[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 1

  1. Talk page cleanup
  2. Vandalism of Page Description Line
  3. URL–wikilink conflict when auto-generating a reference from a source
  4. Notifications
  5. Adding first "in Fiction" reference
  6. Inquiry of Information or Data in Wikipedia Being Credible and/or Factual

January 2[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 2

  1. Flagging an article in need of improvement
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  3. Reno Divorce
  4. Constant Vandalism on Article
  5. Help with a hidden hyperlink
  6. How to re-flag updated edits
  7. Where to find the AutoGenerated ToC template?
  8. Help
  9. Site access

January 3[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 3

  1. Speed of removal of my talk section, possible indicator of favours-for situation
  2. Why can't i add below sentence to Adrian Cheng Wiki?
  3. Redirects
  4. Phone number?
  5. Template not transcluding properly
  6. Linking to previous versions of images
  7. What links there?

January 4[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 4

  1. Header Tags
  2. The multiplication table pattern section violate my copyright & IP in US.
  3. Mouseover pop-ups
  4. Adding a link to the Women Classical Pianists
  5. Military service infobox
  6. Isaac Newton's correct birth date contradiction
  7. "No Labels" policy or guideline

January 5[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 5

  1. image positioning in article
  2. Talk archive
  3. Displaying code
  4. Help Nominating and Article for deletion.
  5. Several irrelevant and communal provocative changes made.
  6. Auto Archive - Cluebot III
  7. Cite error

January 6[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 6

  1. Changes to Canadian Pacific Railway Page
  2. How do I get an image to not keep its original aspect ratio?
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Women%27s_volleyball_leagues
  4. Size of non-free media
  5. Controversial subject : propaganda
  6. John Wadham (died 1412)
  7. Promotional Pages in Sandbox
  8. Missing draft
  9. Modify template for Wikidata usage

January 7[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 7

  1. Global change of "ARM" to "Arm"
  2. Request error correction on subject page
  3. Highlighted edits?
  4. Special:NewPages
  5. Blacklisted URL
  6. Editing in Ur
  7. "Your account was checked"...
  8. How to cite a book
  9. How to act in regard of copyright violation on bad maintained wiki pages (certain languages)?
  10. Bold face for block elements / Misalignment of poem columns
  11. refimprove tag
  12. About wikipedia
  13. image in infobox
  14. Italics in hatnote

January 8[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 8

  1. How do I edit
  2. Nickname RfC
  3. New entry blocked
  4. Wikipedia content on Igor Durlovski
  5. Submission of Clarence McNair Wikipedia
  6. Blow Inc Ltd
  7. uploading photos
  8. Use of Image from another Wikipedia
  9. BC, AD VS. CE, BCE
  10. SVG resizing error
  11. Not able to upload information
  12. Account GoldenHotdog is vandalizing one of our Schools Wikipedia page

January 9[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 9

  1. Uploading pics bottom cut off
  2. How to add image to an article
  3. Musician/Artist Resource Criteria
  4. how to block another user from editing your user page?
  5. I am having my article changes taken down
  6. Declined offers for paid editing
  7. Subject: College Football Playoff article
  8. Help Me Please!!!!
  9. Helo im from Somalia

January 10[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 10

  1. Submitting a page.
  2. Doubt regrading making edits
  3. need more info
  4. Interactive Brokers
  5. Notability policy for artwork
  6. Editing help
  7. BLP violation

January 11[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 11

  1. How do I start my wikipedia page?
  2. Unwanted infobox field mysteriously populated
  3. "My Wikipedia article was deleted"
  4. Bill Duke Unmarried
  5. Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe editing
  6. Overwrite incorrect info/files
  7. Ping
  8. regarding moving the created article in sandbox page to the main page with a new title and equiry about why my page is to be deleted.
  9. Formatting of characters

January 12[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 12

  1. How does one type ¬ on a standard keyboard?
  2. Someone tried to reset my password
  3. Duplicated and unattributed articles
  4. What links there? (II)
  5. Company (GlideSlope LLC) acquisition information
  6. United States Senate election in Maine, 2012
  7. Drew Maggi american baseball player
  8. DISPLAYTITLE

January 13[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 13

  1. Infoboxes
  2. Regarding confirmation of my account
  3. I need help deleting photos and the draft we made
  4. Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
  5. Infobox assistance
  6. Template syntax + wikidata question
  7. How to delete an image
  8. A jpeg photo uploaded for M.M.Kaye now considered "orphaned"

January 14[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 14

  1. Liam Neeson
  2. Not for profit record wiped as 'infringement'
  3. They gave me a draft and stuff while the only thing I wanted to create is a redirect.
  4. NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON SIGNAL/TELECOMMUNICATION MAINTAINERS, SIGNAL/TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEER IN RAILWAY INDUSTRIES
  5. sources
  6. programming language just like java
  7. Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
  8. Is it possible to edit revision summaries?

January 15[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 15

  1. Article Redirected
  2. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input I want to update a school attended for an athlete and cite ref is eyewitness and a Washington Post article
  3. Kumar: same person
  4. Profile
  5. Article Review
  6. Synching reading lists on various devices
  7. Should he be called Dr. Martin Luther King?
  8. Crop & modify images
  9. Lost visual editing
  10. Edit war on maths reference desk
  11. Could I get a hand with a malfunctioning AfD submission please?
  12. Draft not published
  13. When will I have enough edits to stop the Wikipedia:New_user_landing_page?
  14. Wikidata for redirects
  15. List of hyperlinks within a Wikipedia article?
  16. Autofill

January 16[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 16

  1. Article Redirected Again :(
  2. Michelle Fischbach
  3. unsourced fishing advice
  4. Where can I make suggestions about improving Wikipedia's usability?
  5. my edit reverted
  6. Shortcut for Show changes

January 17[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 17

  1. Vandalism of Thomas Tallis article
  2. My Wiki page was deleted
  3. HOW TO ADD ABOUT ME IN WIKI
  4. LeToya Luckett
  5. Draft:Hayden Groves
  6. Rody Rijnders
  7. Talk:Killing of Cecil the lion
  8. Translate a Wikipedia side
  9. Bogus citation error in Ollagüe
  10. List of current United States governors by age
  11. Items missing from my Watchlist
  12. File not in use! What to do with it?

January 18[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 18

  1. plagarism
  2. Richard Chang
  3. Seeking help in writing on Wikipedia
  4. Plagiarised article
  5. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  6. Geraldine, New Zealand
  7. Incorrect Article Title/Content
  8. Confused why my edits were taken out
  9. further reading in wildlife stubs
  10. If the sources are reliable

January 19[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 19

  1. Rotating images
  2. Editing while logged out
  3. Layout weirdness
  4. Inform you about 4G joining with Wiki and my Company.
  5. Wrong Spelling and Location of my Town
  6. What's up with wikibuff? That is, http://www.wikibuff.info/ ? It looks like wikipedia but redirects to advertisements.
  7. Sources for editing
  8. Saving Drafts
  9. Change Logo
  10. Bean to Bar Chocolate Manufacturers
  11. about references
  12. clayton-le-moors lancashire
  13. NBC New Graphics For Super Bowl LII

January 20[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 20

  1. I need a map
  2. Having a problem with Maps
  3. Vandalism
  4. Copyright material
  5. Help pinging users
  6. www.gbif.org

January 21[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 21

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Spinney - commercial?
  2. Language translate.
  3. American or British spelling
  4. Where is the list of words used on WP not defined in Wiktionary
  5. How to ensure other Wikipedians are notified?
  6. Spelling Error
  7. "Pedias"

January 22[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 22

  1. About Global IPBE unable to edit via Tor Browser
  2. Editing the Film page for STILL (film)
  3. Spelling issues
  4. Michael Stevens page is wrong
  5. Question about uploading free images that came from another websites.
  6. Is my user page good enough to be a real page?
  7. The name of Folketeateret is not spelled correct. How do I change it.
  8. Correction of my name
  9. Is it possible?
  10. Page on The Spitz
  11. MLT Aikins LLP

January 23[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 23

  1. Reroute page
  2. Does original research apply to art?
  3. Emails
  4. Editing articles that needa citation
  5. Odd results with NOINDEX
  6. Wikification
  7. Create and Edit my Company Page
  8. Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input
  9. Problem
  10. Date of birth

January 24[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 24

  1. Blocked accound = lost editted pages?
  2. Getting all pages in a category and subcategory
  3. Wikiproject assessments
  4. Wikipedia and WikiTribune in conflict
  5. Out of date
  6. Is there a way to correct the edit summary of an edit of mine while leaving the edit itself alone?
  7. BaD lUcK wiTH LInkS?
  8. Article posting problem
  9. Template substitution
  10. How to make a wikipedia Page
  11. Is there a template for "citations don't exist"?
  12. :List of satirical news websites
  13. Short Summary and Line Color error

January 25[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 25

  1. Renaming your account when you have blocked sockpuppets
  2. New Graphics Packages
  3. Citing sources in a translated article
  4. Picking a user name
  5. Sources from social media
  6. Help, I've been erased!
  7. Lenneke Reiten
  8. Challenging the Critical Response Section Format on Film Pages
  9. Renaming this article
  10. organization infobox in French
  11. G._K._Pillai_(actor) and Kollam G. K. Pillai
  12. displaytitle

January 26[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 26

  1. I need help to add our company
  2. Requesting a Review of Articles Edited by Socks
  3. xkcd 1337: part 3
  4. Editing articles from Non-English sources
  5. Left-Handed v Right-Handed is an incorrect title
  6. A great appreciation
  7. Article title change and reference change
  8. "Lost" half an article, massively bizarre formatting...

January 27[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 27

  1. Image upload request
  2. Editing the article The Sparrows (band)
  3. Where to invite talk page participation
  4. Where to ask for someone to redraw graph?
  5. Help plz
  6. Page not showing up on google
  7. Talk page archives

January 28[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 28

  1. Bangarmau vandlism
  2. References throughout Wikipedia the Republic of Cyprus and Northern Cyprus
  3. Issues contributing
  4. Strictly Come Dancing Series 15
  5. Does Natives (Éditions) meet the demand of Wikipedia:Notability
  6. Reginelli Gambino

January 29[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 29

  1. the info on Somerville, Tn is incorrect. Somerville,Tn is NOT part of Memphis, Tn
  2. Editing articles of actors and writers bio
  3. Dodgy-looking web source
  4. Your page on Medical Intuitives is biased
  5. Backlinks count
  6. Common names in lists
  7. question copied from one of the wiki area.

January 30[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 30

  1. People from Huntingdonshire category question
  2. Infoboxes and quoteboxes
  3. Bernard Katompa, Congolese Politician and Business, Presidential Candidate
  4. infobox discrepancy
  5. Wrong information about my grandfather
  6. Echo Global Logistics Wiki Deleted
  7. Zyklon B article
  8. Anula Karunathilaka
  9. Should a page be created
  10. Al Brule
  11. Ref within footnote
  12. Sex assignment article

January 31[edit]

Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2018 January 31

  1. Letting you know in Australia ( as most of the wold does )
  2. Please remove the wiki page that I mentioned
  3. Help with editing article that blatantly advertises
  4. Help related to getting a new page I created reviewed
  5. Pilots
  6. Uploading fotos
  7. Republish Teflon Don (Rapper)
  8. Cite errors in Counterpart (TV series)
  9. U.S. Senators
  10. psychologydictionary.org
  11. Uploading map for use with draft article
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