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January 3

2019 ACC Football Subcatgorie

Can you fix the 2019 ACC Football season from red to blue please because there is only one page the ACC Standings 68.103.78.155 (talk) 00:42, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The 2019 ACC Football Subcatgorie needs to be fixed from red To blue now. can you fix it for me please. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 02:11, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

On what page are you having the problem?Naraht (talk) 06:26, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think I fixed it, category Category:2019 Atlantic Coast Conference football season actually needed to be created.Naraht (talk) 06:26, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Reference 114 needs the access date (3rd January 2019) and the IBSN number as it is a book. Please fix if you can. Thanks 175.33.45.21 (talk) 01:49, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

ISBNs date from 1965. Ref 114 is a 1914 publication, so unlikely to have been issued a number. In general, book refs do not need access-date since, unlike online sources, they are presumed to remain unchanged from year to year; the purpose of access-date is to say 'on this date, this source served as a reference for this assertion'. So, no fixes needed. Also, maybe take a look at Template:Cite book as a starter-for-ten in learning how to fix issues yourself. It's not very hard; study of the many refs on that page should be enough to guide you? --Tagishsimon (talk) 01:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It is

now ref number 115 and I cannot do eth access date which is Jan 3rd 2019. Please help Sorry 175.33.45.21 (talk) 02:05, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the response above. Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 02:15, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So sorry - yes, I see no access date or IBSN number is needed. Thanks 175.33.45.21 (talk) 02:18, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I have added a file of West Riding Court on this page in "Grandparents of Michael Middleton" section. Please place a DIRECT link to Frank (Francis Martineau Lupton) on the Lupton family page - Francis's name is under the old West Riding Court photo that I just added. Thanks 175.33.45.21 (talk) 03:01, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Why does my reference appear in blue?

Until today, I always used the {{cite}} templates for my citations. Since they don't have a part= parameter, though, I ventured to create a citation, #6 in Quotation marks in English, without a template. Its text is as I intended, but it has a light blue background. How do I correct this? Peter Brown (talk) 03:58, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How are you accessing the reference? Whenever a reference is accessed from its superscript number in the textbody, it will be highlighted in a light blue background. Is that what you mean? –Ammarpad (talk) 04:48, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Peter Brown There's nothing wrong with the citation. All links are shown in blue font, and external links to other websites appear in a slightly paler blue than wikilinks to other Wikipedia articles (at least in Monobook skin). As Ammarpad says, if you click on the reference index (here, "6") in the text of the article, the screen display jumps to the reference list, and the reference you selected is highlighted in blue for ease of picking it out. The highlighting is not present for other readers, nor for you next time you return to the article: Bhunacat10 (talk), 09:33, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help with publishing David Mobley (entrepreneur) wiki article

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

My username is Ihelptocontribute. Can someone help a fellow Wikipedian to view the Edit History for the David Mobley (entrepreneur) Wiki to understand why my revisions were reverted back by another Wiki user? The Wiki user Praxidicae did not provide an explanation, and I have reached out to this Wiki user on their talk page, in which my question was quickly deleted. I reached out in the David Mobley (entrepreneur) Wiki talk page and haven't received a reply from the Wiki user also. Can someone help to to finalize the revisions for this article so it can be published for viewing, or help me to understand what needs to be revised so this article can be completed for viewing?

Ihelptocontribute — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ihelptocontribute (talk • contribs) 13:17, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ihelptocontribute, looking over that edit, I understand why Praxidicae reverted it.

That is a major change in the article's focus. Prior to that edit, the article focused on his music career, which is probably what most people reading the article are interested in learning about. After that edit, the article focused on his air freshener business, with his music career seeming like an afterthought.
The "career" section of your version reads like an advertisement in places, with phrases like "Wonder Wafers Air Fresheners are the first of it's kind, air activated air fresheners, meaning they don't need to be sprayed, plugged in, or lit with a flame," and, "Wonder Wafers Air Fresheners and Super Wonder Wafers Air Fresheners can be found in automotive stores, convenience stores such as Circle K, car washes, dealerships, hotels, retail stores, and truck stops."
Although you cited a number of sources in the "Career" section, most of them do not meet our reliable source and independent source guidelines. You've cited a number of primary sources in the form of the actual patents for the products, and you've also cited the company's website and marketing materials frequently. While some use of a company's website or primary sources is ok, it's best to have the bulk of the content be sourced from reliable secondary sources.
The placement of your references does not make clear which source supports what content. You do not make good use of inline citations to specifically associate bits of information with their sources, rather you lump a bunch of citations together at the end of several un-cited paragraphs.
The focus of the article before your edits was on his music career. The "Music career" section after your edit was much shorter than the previous article, leaving out all the information about how "Mobley has been in the business and entertainment industry since 1970" and "Crosswindz recorded their first album titled "High Park" in 1972." Moreover, just like in the section about the air freshener, your edits sound promotional, with phrases like, "David first discovered the joy of music when The Beatles took the stage on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964," and "David and Cliff released future albums, and are still best friends to this day."
The addition of a discography section is a helpful addition to the article, but the Music Videos, Awards and Achievements, and Online Radio sections are all unsourced. I also am not clear what information the Online Radio section is even trying to convey.
The Philanthropy section is extremely vague. Why even include it if that's all you can say about his philanthropic endevors?

Ultimately, your edit wasn't all bad. If his involvement in the air freshener business is really that signifigant, the article should include more about it than was there before. Likewise the addition of some of the other sections you added is a useful additon and better than the wall of text that was the second paragraph of the Career section before. However, the complete change in article focus, the promotional tone of what you added, and the poor sourcing mean it was entirely reasonable for Praxidicae to revert your edit. Although I agree you deserved an explanation. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 13:54, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If I were you; I'd take a major revision of an article like that much, much slower. I do think that article needs major revision and expansion. I'd start by breaking the second paragraph of the article up into a prose section and a discography. Then I'd wait a day or two and add a section on the air freshener businesess. Keep that section succinct, well-sourced, and avoid promotional language. Then wait a a day or two and start adding more information sourced to reliable secondary sources. Avoid using the article about David Mobley as a coatrack upon which to hang an advertisement for his air freshener business. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:03, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@ONUnicorn: The way you used the link to SHOEHORN page (and the context!) suggest it should clarify something. Alas, a non-exiting page clarifies nothing... --CiaPan (talk) 14:14, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CiaPan: Thank you. I think I got shoehorns and coatracks confused. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 14:24, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"You cannot overwrite this file"

I just created this account to upload a more accurate colored image of an album cover, Life After Death, and it tells me that I can't. Can someone please explain to me why? Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Musicfan122 (talk • contribs) 14:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In order to upload files your account needs to be autoconfirmed. Ruslik_Zero 14:58, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Finding my no.xxx edit?

Is there a way I could find which edit was my, say, 1000th edit on Wikipedia (such as a diff) using my account? JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 15:37, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@JackintheBox:

Simply use your contribution history from oldest with a limit equals to the Nth edit you're looking for.

For example, the first line of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&dir=prev&limit=1000&contribs=user&target=JackintheBox&namespace=0 is your 1000th edit in the main (Article) namespace.

--Lacrymocéphale 16:03, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Lacrymocéphale: Wow thanks JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 16:05, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

oof hELP

um how do I Wikipedia?

actually question not a joke — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yeetmcyote (talk • contribs) 18:51, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yeetmcyote I'm not sure what you mean by, "how do I Wikipedia?" You seem to be using Wikipedia as a verb, when it is actually a noun. Are you wanting to know how to edit articles? How to create an article? How to cite sources? How to cite Wikipedia as a source in some other paper? We'll be happy to help you but you need to be a little clearer about what, exactly, you need help with. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:51, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I do note that someone has left a helpful welcome message on your talk page. That contains a LOT of links to pages about how to edit Wikipedia. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:53, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 Mid-American Football Subcategorie

Can you fix the 2019 Mid-American Football Subcategorie from Red to blue and Make it Category 2019 Mid-American Conference football season Please can you fix it for me please. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 19:11, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The 2019 Mid-American Football Subcategorie needs to be moved from red to blue can you fix it for me right now. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 22:59, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Probably Category:2019 Mid-American Conference football season (with a colon) is what you want. —teb728 t c 23:25, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

A.M. or a.m. ?

Should the abbreviations for ante meridian and post meridian be capitalized, or not? I looked for an answer in the Manual of Style but couldn't find any. Robert (talk) 19:57, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

See MOS:TIME which uses the lower case. †dismas†|^(talk) 20:01, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You'll find a discussion at WT:MOS#Twelve-hour clock notation and the use of periods. --David Biddulph (talk) 20:04, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Book creator

Hello,

I see the Wikipedia PDF book creator has been in development for some time now. I am starting to wonder about Wikipedia's intentions. I have a few questions about why it's taking so long, or maybe if they are ever going to go back to a book creator (adding or combining many wiki pages into one PDF).

Will Wikipedia be using PediaPress from now on? Or was this only temporary until the book creator is finished? Will Wikipedia be getting rid of PediaPress once the book creator is finished? When will the book creator be complete? Does Wikipedia intend to leave it as it is now, or finish the book creator? Will there be a charge for using the book creator?

Thank you,

Geoffrey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.73.35.238 (talk) 20:07, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is an update page here. According to it, as of August, they are working with PediaPress on the PDF book creator software, it seems there are some glitches they are working out. The talk page has current discussions from as recently as today, so if you ask your questions there they'll probably get a better response than here. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 21:08, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Photo edits and text edits

Hello, I have been trying to edit the sivananda yoga page but have now been blocked. I work for the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centres and we wished to put the proper content on this page to correctly show what sivananda yoga is. We came to realize that we could not upload new photos until making 10 edits/changes and waiting the necessary time to confirm our account. We began making edits but the edits continued to be undone even after we tried also inserting cites and links throughout the text. Is there any way we can atleast change the photos to properly show our postures? How can we get de-blocked from editing? And how can we be blocked to begin with when all the information we are trying to provide is coming straight from the origin of this page/the business it belongs to? Thank you for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SivanandaCanada (talk • contribs) 20:25, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@SivanandaCanada: Your edits were reverted for being promotional; Wikipedia articles must be written from a neutral point of view. In addition, you are mistaken if you think the article belongs to Sivananda; on the contrary it is Wikipedia's article about Sivananda yoga. Because of conflict of interest which your username indicates, you are strongly discouraged from editing the article directly, but feel free to request changes on the article talk page. —teb728 t c 21:08, 3 January 2019 (UTC) Oh, and you have not (yet) been blocked from editing, but you have been warned that you will be blocked if you continue editing promotionally. —teb728 t c 21:11, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The other thing you should be aware of is the need for articles to be based as far as possible on sources independent of their subject: your earlier edits removed some of the citations that were there before. Your statement all the information we are trying to provide is coming straight from ... the business it belongs to is unfortunately counter to the way we work in Wikipedia. Section headings such as "Our teachings" are not acceptable; this is an encyclopedia and not an extension of your organisation's website. The aim is to provide readers with neutrally expressed, independently verifiable information, putting them in a position to make up their own minds about the value of organisations, teachings, methods or philosophies covered: Bhunacat10 (talk), 21:16, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For info, this user has been soft blocked by Orangemike, and I've posted a COI warning and editing advice on his talk page Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:02, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

kill all threats 184.70.60.42 (talk) 21:56, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Gallery tag

Hi, in Help:Gallery tag#Syntax, why exactly does there occur so much spacing above and below the slideshow example captioned Workflow A Yeoman Warder, from a Victorian-era [...] (right above the subsection Extended syntax)?--Hildeoc (talk) 20:45, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Uploading a Certain Image

I am trying to upload a certain image found here or here for an article on Wikipedia that I'm trying to make about the video game. I'm unsure if it is alright to use this image as it does not clearly state anywhere if the image is copyrighted. Other articles about games do use title images but I am unaware if permission was required to use them. Any help to let me know if I can use the image I want to use is appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diesel0307 (talk • contribs) 22:13, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Diesel0307: In the absence of info to the contrary, we assume images are copyrighted and unlicensed. One unlicensed image is typically allowed in the infobox of a published game article (not a draft like your sandbox) to visually identify the subject. —teb728 t c 22:41, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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