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July 16

How to cite what instruments members play in a band?

Basically the title. The band in question is the Smile, namely Jonny also plays cello, and Stillman plays clarinet and keyboards. Previous edits to change this have been reverted, however I couldn't find another mention in the article of Greenwood's harp playing either. I haven't been able to find any written source for this, and I couldn't properly link to videos in the edit summary, so is this doable, or do I have to wait until there is a good written source to use? Ștefan Tărâță (talk) 01:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ștefan Tărâță, since nobody has jumped in I will take a crack at answering. Yes I think we will need to find a reliable source for which instruments they play. Wikipedia:Reliable sources has some guidance. I am thinking a music magazine would be ok, if you can find one with the required info. Commander Keane (talk) 21:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I have already mentioned that there are no written sources available for this, with the exception of this website, however it probably wouldn't be considered a reliable source. My gripes were that, written or not, I was uncertain of how to actually cite a source for this, considering that one of the instruments listed (the harp) isn't mentioned anywhere else in the article. Ștefan Tărâță (talk) 10:51, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Ștefan Tărâță, forgive me, I am confused. There is {{Cite AV media}}, with a big warning about not citing copyright works, you can see it used as ref [75] on APL (programming language). Does that help? Commander Keane (talk) 23:39, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Flight attendant

Ref number 3 is in red , please fix, I cannot Thank you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:21, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done, the access-date had year listed as 224, changed to 2024 to remove error message. Cmr08 (talk) 01:30, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Refs number 3 and 89 are the same - please "double them up" - I cannot do this. Sorry and thank you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 03:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Fixed. The first use was puffery and not supported by the citation, so removed. Meters (talk) 03:36, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I have removed the phrase "This section does not cite any sources." in one section. please check thta I did the right thing. Thank you again 115.70.23.77 (talk) 05:26, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

You mean, this edit, in which you removed a template saying that more sources were needed? (Quote: "This section needs additional citations for verification.") Just look at the second list item, visible in that diff page. It says:

Senior Purser Neerja Bhanot saved the lives of passengers and crew when Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked. She was killed while protecting children from the terrorists. After her death she received the Special Courage Award from the United States Department of Justice and India's highest civilian honour for bravery, the Ashoka Chakra.

-- with not a single reference. In your opinion, is a reference for it not needed? (Or are you asking about something else? A diff might help.) -- Hoary (talk) 06:19, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

No response of any kind from the IP (or from a similar IP). Meters restored the maintenance tag. -- Hoary (talk) 01:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Tables in page

Hiya, I've been asked a question on my talk through the mentorship module and I can't figure it out myself.

How would someone get the table in List of Eastern Orthodox saints to fit inside the page without having to scroll horizontally or it be overlapping with the tools sidebar? Justiyaya 05:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Justiyaya: Fixed by removing a misplaced {{citation needed}}.[1] The template adds nowrap and happened to do it to the table code for a row. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:11, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Truncated table

At List_of_Downton_Abbey_episodes#Series_overview, I'm seeing a top-truncated table that overwrites the first season entry with the header. No apparent reason in the code that I can see. Does this look normal for other people? --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:54, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Elmidae: I see no problem. Does it happen if you log out? Try to bypass your cache with Ctrl+F5 in Windows browsers. If it still happens then what is your browser and can you describe the problem in more detail or make a screenshot? PrimeHunter (talk) 09:57, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Good catch - it disappears when I log out. Turns out it is the '"Make headers of tables display as long as the table is in view, i.e. "sticky"' setting in my preferences. Despite up-to-date Firefox too :/ Cheers! --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 10:18, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Elmidae: The gadget was actually my first thought but it didn't happen to me in Vector legacy. I guess you have Vector 2022. I have reported it at MediaWiki talk:Gadget-StickyTableHeaders.css#Not working at The Economist Democracy Index#List by region. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I have query

I have query 210.212.205.19 (talk) 10:11, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

So do I. What's your query? That was mine. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:13, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Using English language template in another language Wikipedia

Hi, can anyone please help me about how can i use English language template like

Work in progress; comments welcome

, in another language Wikipedia? Arijit Kisku (talk) 12:15, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Arijit Kisku: Templates from other Wikipedia languages cannot be used. You have to make a local template. If you try to copy an English template then you may also have to copy other templates it uses. If you want more help then what is the language and do you know how to create pages in general? A template is just a page with a name starting with "Template:" in English. It may be something else in your language of interest but it actually works to initially say "Template:" which will automatically be translated. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:25, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Hi Arijit Kisku each language version of Wikipedia is a separate project, and templates cannot be used in other language versions. That said, Template:WQA in progress lists 6 other languages in the left-hand column, that have an equivalent template. Hopefully, you are looking for one of those 6. - Arjayay (talk) 12:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the information. Arijit Kisku (talk) 12:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Translating page

Hello there,

I just translated a page from Italian into English (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Sossio_Giametta) but as I'm not experienced enough I'm not allowed to publish it. My question is, what happens now? Do I have to ask someone for help?

I do think it deserves its own presence in the English Wiki because there are pages for Colli and Montanari, which were equivalent intellectual figures in Italy.

Thanks very much! Bravenewworld1984 (talk) 13:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Bravenewworld1984 add {{subst:submit}} and save to invite a review. It is likely to be rejected as it stands because of the large amounts of unreferenced text Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:40, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Bravenewworld1984 I recommend reading Help:Your first article as each Wikipedia has its own rules. First you should check that Giametta is suitable for an article on Wikipedia. which normally requires significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject (see WP:BASIC). Secondly, find references for the unreferenced text as already suggested TSventon (talk) 13:59, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

WP:BACKWARD may be of help to you. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Bravenewworld1984, La passione della conoscenza. Studi in onore di Sossio Giametta is a festschrift for Giametta. There are many festschrifts (and it has to be said that some are unremarkable); but only a small minority of academics get one. This one starts with a twenty-page introduction. I haven't seen this (and, not knowing Italian, wouldn't understand it if I did see it), but I imagine that quite a bit of it is about Giametta's work. I'd guess that Giametta is indeed "notable" as defined by and for en:Wikipedia. Your job is to shape the draft so that it demonstrates this. -- Hoary (talk) 23:36, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Inquiry

The actress Rachel Weisz was born in 1970 or 1971? 2A02:B021:8F03:B9AA:5CCC:CABD:C45C:4042 (talk) 19:04, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure why you're asking this here when you linked to the article that explains the ambiguity with a note? If you still have questions, Talk:Rachel Weisz would likely be a better location for them in any case. Cheers. DonIago (talk) 20:05, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago I ask here because the note is not reliable. I had to delete two pieces of information that are unverifiable if you look at the article's history. 2A02:B021:8F06:8295:2A81:4A2:6026:1B9E (talk) 20:48, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure how that changes the second part of my response. This is a question to be posed at the article's Talk page, not here. DonIago (talk) 20:50, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

@Doniago I raised this issue for clarification. If Wikipedia editors are interested in having verified and correct information, they will address it. Regards. 2A02:B021:8F06:8295:2A81:4A2:6026:1B9E (talk) 20:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

You have been advised that the proper place to discuss this issue is at Talk: Rachel Weisz and yet you have not done so. Why is that? Cullen328 (talk) 21:28, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

My article

I wrote an article about Gerry Douglas (yacht designer) and tried to submit it for wiki inclusion. No idea where it went, or what its status is…anybody there who might help? Thanks,

margaretd70

Margaretd70 (talk) 21:14, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Margaretd70. Your draft is at Draft:Gerry Douglas (yacht designer) but you have not submitted it for review. Please read Articles for Creation to learn how to submit it. In my opinion, your draft needs more work. I suggest that you read Your first article before submitting. Cullen328 (talk) 21:23, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for your help. Margaretd70 (talk) 14:10, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You mentioned my draft needs more work…could you briefly tell me where I should make the improvements? Most challenging: wrestling with formatting issues, even using the visual mode! Margaretd70 (talk) 14:41, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Ali B

Not an issue for Help desk. Referred elsewhere

 – the help desk does not resolve content issues. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 21:33, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Is the last sentence in the section "Sexual misconduct and conviction" a translation error? "He was also accused of digitally raping" doesn't make any sense Trade (talk) 21:31, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

The help desk is for asking questions about using Wikipedia, you should bring this up on the talk page of the relevant article. Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 21:32, 16 July 2024 (UTC)

Trade, I have edited Ali B to clarify the ambiguity. The wording referred to the sex act legally known as Digital penetration, which is widely illegal if non-consensual. Cullen328 (talk) 07:02, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

July 17

Is there an available list of articles that lack voiceover, or need new voiceover?

Im looking to help do voiceover for articles, and would love if there is a list of those that need it, thanks! (new user also, if this is not in the appropriate place please point me to it if possible) CoffeeEnjoyerz (talk) 01:09, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@CoffeeEnjoyerz, yes this is the right place to ask. Wikipedia:WikiProject Spoken Wikipedia should sort you out. Commander Keane (talk) 01:24, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you! CoffeeEnjoyerz (talk) 16:44, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Why does Wikipedia render in-page SVG images as PNGs?

This has been puzzling me for a while and I haven't been able to find an answer anywhere. Every modern browser nowadays has SVG rendering capabilities — what gives? Luunarr (talk) 01:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

c:Help:SVG/yue#librsvg does mention that older computers may struggle with svg rendering in real time. Also, we have very big svgs in some cases. Downloading a 20mb svg for a 200px wide image would suck. Commander Keane (talk) 01:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

If I remember correctly, sometimes it renders it as SVG and sometimes as PNG Emicraft 03:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

You may be right. phab:T5593 might be of interest @Luunarr. Commander Keane (talk) 03:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

How can I add a profile for a credited actor?

My son Kayden Price is a accomplished and credited actor, his latest series is "Nautilus" which aired June 12th on SVT Play in Sweden and will be aired around the world. How can a profile be created for him? [2]https://www.imdb.me/KaydenPrice Jodi Price (talk) 06:38, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia isn't a directory, we don't have profiles. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia that has articles. All articles have inclusion criteria called notability, the requirements for entertainers is WP:ENTERTAINER. It requires significant roles in multiple major productions. Beyond that though there is no need for you to do anything, when your son becomes notable enough, someone else will create an article. - X201 (talk) 06:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you :) Jodi Price (talk) 07:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Jodi Price Welcome to Wikipedia. I googled for sources that would indicate WP:NOTABILITY, WP:s "rule" for "should we have an article about [whatever]?". Per what I saw, this seems like WP:TOOSOON. Fwiw, he's mentioned at Nautilus (TV series). Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:44, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Excellent, thank you :) Jodi Price (talk) 07:04, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

User:Jodi Price Something else you need to know (in connection with no "profiles", only articles). If ever there is an article on your son, neither he nor you will own it or control it. Virtually anybody in the world will be able to come in and edit it. And even if he doesn't like someone's edit, if that edit is relevant and well-supported in reliable sources, there's very little he can do about it. Uporządnicki (talk) 11:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you, this is very helpful. Jodi Price (talk) 01:34, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Jodi Price Please see WP:PROUD. There are good reasons to not want an article. 331dot (talk) 12:27, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

This is great insight, thank you so much. Jodi Price (talk) 01:34, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

How to indicate lack of footnotes

A friend pointed me to the List of Batman: The Animated Series episodes article and noted that there are very few footnotes for references, they suggested that the Template:More footnotes needed/doc template might be appropriate (but weren't able to add it themselves due to an IP block). I'm wondering if this would be advisable for me to add, or if there is a better way to note this, or if I should discuss it specifically on that article's talk page first, or maybe there are specific expectations for list-class articles like this. Thanks! Agashlin (talk) 07:35, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello, Agashlin.

There are always several options. Ideally, whenever any of us find an article with problems, we would just fix it. Of course that often doesn't happen, because we lack the knowledge, or the interest, or the time, to do a proper job (usually it is a matter of finding and citing appropriate sources, which can be a lot of work).

A common option (which I do myself) is to add an appropriate cleanup tag to the article, like the one you mention - I use Twinkle to do so easily. However some people regard "drive-by tagging" as not helpful.

Discussing it on the article's talk page is always an option (possibly as well as tagging it) - whether that is worth-while depends on how much traffic the talk page gets, and how many people watch it.

And there is no requirement on you to do anything at all.

Please see WP:Tagging pages for problems for a fuller discussion. ColinFine (talk) 09:58, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

A question about adding a new language

Hello!

I have recently gained an interest in the Shavian alphabet, which is an alternative alphabet for English proposed by George Bernard Shaw, due to the confusion caused by the use of the Latin alphabet in English.

I would hence like to ask if the Shavian script could be added as a language.

I understand that this is not a typical question asked in the Help Desk, but I found no other way to ask this question.

Thank you! TheShreyinator (talk) 08:00, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

TheShreyinator, it's not a language but a mere script. I don't understand what you mean by "added as a language". (And had you written "added as a script" I still wouldn't have understood. I might have made guesses, but I wouldn't have known which guess was right.) What exactly are you hoping for? -- Hoary (talk) 08:11, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

There are Wikipedias in some languages that use more than one script, and the servers for those Wikipedias are adapted to provide alternatives. See M:Wikipedias in multiple writing systems

I believe that what you are asking for could technically be done by making a corresponding change to English Wikipedia, though I don't know the details. However, I suspect it would take some work, and very few people would see it as a benefit. The place to ask about the possibility, is WP:VPP. ColinFine (talk) 10:05, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

TheShreyinator: the Chinese Wikipedia exists in six presentations: three using simplified Chinese characters (Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore) and three using traditional Chinese characters (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau); see List_of_Wikipedias#Variations_in_editions. Someone could do the same for Shavian-alphabet English. This automated transliteration has the advantage over different versions, that they all get updated when one gets updated. Someone could arrange to do the same for Shavian-English Wikipedia. But it would be a lot of work, for the benefit of readers whose preferred language is English but who find the Shavian alphabet easier to read. I wonder how many they are? Maproom (talk) 13:36, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

How to make a table?

Hi, I'm trying to make a table for a list of actors who have worked with Spike Lee but the problem is that it's not lining up perfectly. I'm must've missed something. Can someone give some pointers? Brigando (talk) 08:54, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Asked and answered at the Teahouse. Please don't ask in different places, it duplicates effort. ColinFine (talk) 10:07, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

How do I add a third source for weather boxes?

Title says it, whenever I try adding a third source in a weather box to add extra data I get the following message: "Preview warning: Page using Template:Weather box with unknown parameter "source 3"". Checking the page for weather boxes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Weather_box) I cannot find any information about adding a 3rd source, only about adding a 2nd source. Is there a way I can add a third source or is it not possible to make a single weather box using more than 2 sources? Appreciate any help. Javier1957 (talk) 11:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

As you say, the template {{Weather box}} is currently written to accept only two sources. If you want it changed to allow a further source, make your suggestion at Template talk:Weather box. ColinFine (talk) 11:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

I have made a suggestion, thank you. Javier1957 (talk) 04:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Javier1957:You may be able to cheat by placing multiple sources between the "ref" tags in the "source" parameter. you will need to experiment to get then to display in a reasonable way in the reflist. -Arch dude (talk) 15:32, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thank you for the tip, I played around for a while trying to get it to work but I want able to get it to display in a reasonable way. Javier1957 (talk) 04:18, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Question about copyright issue

Greetings

I wanted to ask if it is ok with Wikipedia if I write down on paper or on digital form such as Microsoft word or notepad or something like that a list of the countries of the world including the names of the countries, population, area, capital and large cities, demographics and religion of each country from information from Wikipedia for personal use only. The reason why is because this makes it easier for me if they are all in one list on one page rather then having to click on every country each time.

Saleh Malaeb Salehmalaeb (talk) 11:28, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Almost all the content of Wikipedia may be freely reused for any purpose, as long as you attribute where it came from: that is a core part of the purpose of Wikipedia. You don't need to ask anybody's permission. See reusing Wikipedia content for more information. ColinFine (talk) 11:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@Salehmalaeb: Multiple points, all in your favor. Point 1: If you create a document and then never show it to anyone, you have not "published" it and it does not violate copyright law. This would be true for any source, not just Wikipedia. Be careful, though: in the modern world, your "private" document may actually be visible to others if you store it, even "privately", on the Internet. Point 2: raw information is not subject to copyright. This would include the information you used to create your list. Copyright covers "creative elements", such as the organization and selection of items in a list, so you cannot simply copy an existing list under this rule if that list has "creative elements", but you are creating a new list. Point 3: What Colin said, Wikipedia has licensed its contents to you. -Arch dude (talk) 15:26, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Ok thank you very much Salehmalaeb (talk) 18:48, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

need help with "sandbox organizer"

can anyone please explain how the "sandbox organizer" works, especially the sorting function? I'm kind of confused. aprpeciate any help. please ping me if you reply. thanks! Sm8900 (talk) 14:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

also, it says it will add notes on how to use it, in the coding, but i don't see any such notes. i appreciate any help. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 14:48, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

This seems to be the work of @John Cummings, who made a total of eight edits to it in February 2021. My guess is that he then abandoned it, but I may be wrong. Perhaps he will reply here, since he appears to still be active. (I had never neard of it). ColinFine (talk) 15:16, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

ok, could you please tell me the link to find that? you are still ahead of me on this. thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 15:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

I searched for "WP:Sandbox organizer" (as I said, i had never heard of it before) and found it. I immediately wondered whether it was current or not, so I looked at the page history, and found it had not been edited since February 2021, and the only person who had done so was John Cummings. I pinged him above, so he should get a notification of this discussion. ColinFine (talk) 16:50, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

@ColinFine, ok thanks. Sm8900 (talk) 13:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi Sm8900 and ColinFine, thanks very much for the ping :) OK, so the instructions of how to make your own and how to use it are all on Wikipedia:Sandbox_organiser. I think I had the idea for it and then me and NavinoEvans did the outline and design and he did all the technical stuff. Its not abandoned at all, I just ran out of technical ability to make any more changes. If you are interested in imporving it I'd love to work with you on it :) I designed it in a way that you can create your own and then personalise it, which I hoped would allow people to experiment with different tools and layout etc. John Cummings (talk) 17:50, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Neil Gaiman

Hello, somebody provided a clean up on Neil Gaiman biography about the serious accusations of rape moved by Tortoise on July 3rd. The page is not editable anymore. It’s horrific that Wikipedia allows censorship about an author’s accusation of rape by 2 different women, with more accusations on the way. Please reinstate the accusations news as we cannot do it ourselves. 2A00:23C4:A06:1B01:197F:9267:80FB:63EA (talk) 17:42, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Who are "we"? For the interested, discussion at Talk:Neil_Gaiman#Sexual_assault_allegations. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Thread

I really thought I had solved my wikipedia problem - great articles, great search, lots of answers. and clueless fund raising. After many years of fruitlessly contributing 3 times a year, until last year I realized I could contribute a smaller amount per month. 12 months of blissful quiet followed until today. Today - the old guilt drive kicked in - plus they finally have the bright suggestion to subscribe. Stay tuned. Gal5322 (talk) 18:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

This doesn't seem to be about Neil Gaiman, so I put it in its own thread; but I don't know what it's about, which is why I have given it the title "Thread". If it's a question or a request, please rewrite it as a question or a request. (True, there is "Stay tuned", but to what?) -- Hoary (talk) 20:34, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Gal5322. Note that us Wikipedia volunteer editors have zero control or input on the fundraising drives that the Wikimedia Foundation organises. Some of us are quite against these considering the very strong financial position the foundation is in. Qcne (talk) 21:18, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Gal5322, you no longer have a wikipedia problem! It is gone, departed, it has forsaken you! Here's why: When you donate through Wikipedia, you are actually donating to the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF), which funds the internet connectivity and the servers on which all Wikipedia projects run. Hint: the Wikimedia Foundation is not in the slightest bit cash-poor at the moment, and really doesn't need your hard-earned dollars. Almost all of us here on English Wikipedia don't get paid a cent - we are almost without exception volunteers, and a number of us object to Wikipedia projects being used as a front for donations to the WMF, over which we have no control whatsoever. Donate or not? It's your choice. :>MinorProphet (talk) 22:45, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Agree Sm8900 (talk) 13:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Help avoiding an edit war with an IP editor

Hi there, someone is objecting to a sentence at Edict of Expulsion regarding antisemitism inspired and developed from the Edict; this is fully sourced in the body of the article. I've requested that discussion takes place on talk, but I am expecting the editor may remove the sentence again, at which point it is just tit for tat reversions. Is there anything further I can or should do to avoid this escalating? What do I do if there is a further reversion without discussion? Jim Killock (talk) 22:04, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello JimKillock. The best way to avoid edit warring is to not engage in any edit warring behavior whatsoever. After all, it takes two (or more) to edit war. The IP editor is explaining their opinion in their edit summaries. Continue to engage with those arguments on the article talk page, as you are already doing. There are many forms of dispute resolution available to you. Use them as a valid alternative to edit warring. Cullen328 (talk) 22:47, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

JimKillock, you have added the italicised (by me) part of this sentence: "The expulsion had the lasting effect of embedding antisemitism into English culture, especially in the medieval and early modern period." That clause seems pretty vacuous. You're saying that the effect of the expulsion was felt most strongly in the two or three centuries after it happened. Well, duh. Maproom (talk) 23:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

The addition was to avoid the implication of a permanent effect on English culture, which seemed to be triggering the sentences removal. The editor implied they would accept the sentence with a time limit added, so this was a pragmatic addition to stop the to and fro. I have explained that this statement is fully sourced, and the sources are in the body, and I have requested they discuss on the talk page, where I have started a discussion. The IP editor hasn't offered any sources for their assertion that the statement or the sources quoted is / are wrong. Jim Killock (talk) 06:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

July 18

Wikipedia account

Hello, I have made some activities on Wikipedia without registering with my personal account, consequently those activities are registered under my IP. Is it possible to connect that specific IP number to my account? Many thanks in advance for the answer to this question. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 01:22, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@FrancescoC.italy: no that is not possible RudolfRed (talk) 03:14, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks anyway for your time and indication, as you con understand, I'm not an expert. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 11:43, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You can write a note on your user page "Before registering this account, I contributed using the IP address <whatever>."   Maproom (talk) 07:38, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

This is a quite smart solution, thanks a lot for it. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 11:01, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia account.

Hello, is it possible to edit the user name of my account and change it from FrancescoC.italy, to FrancescoC.Italy (capitol letter for Italy). Many thanks in advance to anyone who will answer me. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 01:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@FrancescoC.italy: Accounts can be renamed, but your account has very few edits so it is easier just to abandon your current account and create an account with the name you want. RudolfRed (talk) 03:14, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Dear RudolfRed, thank you for your kind reply. But, if it is possible to change the user name, can you please tell me how to do it, instead of telling me to simply scrap it.

Moreover, please consider that I have made some changes also to the Italian Wikipedia.

Again, thanks in advance for your reply. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 11:36, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

And after you do that, you can link the old one with the new one with a redirect if you wish to. Ask about that again, after you create the new one, if you wish. Mathglot (talk) 06:29, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for your good suggestion, I will consider it as a possible B option, because I have already asked to RudolfRed to tell me how to change the user name, since he have written that it is possible. FrancescoC.italy (talk) 11:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Please see Special:GlobalRenameRequest. ColinFine (talk) 17:04, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

On Thomas Matthew Crooks

I think modern day Villains like Thomas Matthew Crooks who tried to assassinate someone should not have a wikipedia page. The reason is that doing this might motivate other villains to do same to be popular (or infamous). The link below proves that Thomas Matthew Crooks believed such despicable action would make him famous. We as a sane society should not grant him that inhuman desire.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/trumps-attempted-assassin-posted-message-before-shooting-july-13-my-premiere-watch-unfolds

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Matthew_Crooks 2604:3D09:C37C:BBD0:3A49:94B5:BCD7:9079 (talk) 07:56, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

All content on Wikipedia is compiled from other published information, so there is exactly zero information here which could not be found elsewhere. It would additionally be fundamentally incompatible with the purpose of an encyclopedia to exclude entries about people judged to have done reprehensible things: suppose the articles on John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, any of the many entries linked from List of serial killers, Adolf Hitler, etc. were deleted, this would plainly be absurd. See additionally WP:NOTCENSORED. Tollens (talk) 08:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP, while I sympathise with your notion somewhat, as Tollens eluded to Wikipedia is based on reliable sources. If those sources didn't exist Wikipedia would not be able to report on them. So really you should lobby the FBI, Fox News etc to not publish the information in the first place. I do note we have an extensive article on John Hinckley Jr., Reagan's equivalent. Commander Keane (talk) 09:46, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I think that Thomas Matthew Crooks is borderline for needing a Wikipedia article at the moment, but it has survived deletion discussions.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 11:45, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Posting on Wikipedia

I have a registered new idea called THE SERVICE MALL a new MALL to encompass the graduates of the theoretical colleges and I don't know how to post it on Wikipedia 156.213.200.254 (talk) 08:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You don't. Such advertisements have no place here. Orange Mike | Talk 13:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

The Service Mall

<shameless self-advertisement deleted> 156.213.200.254 (talk) 08:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

For any concept to be included in Wikipedia, it must have already been written about in multiple reliable sources, without any prompting to do so by people connected with the idea. Given that you say this is a new idea, I assume nobody else has written about it, so it would unfortunately not be suitable for a Wikipedia article. If others choose to write about your idea, without you asking them to, it could be written about here, but even then it should be written about here by somebody else. Please see Wikipedia:Notability for a more detailed explanation. Tollens (talk) 08:29, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Removing “reads like a resume “

How do I remove “reads like a resume”? 74.84.255.32 (talk) 12:33, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You can remove Template:Resume-like from the HTML at the top of the article. However, the template was probably put there for a good reason, and should not be removed without gaining a consensus first. What is the name of the article involved?--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 12:40, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

major edit of article not being kept

Hello, I edited an entry which is in the Polish language version of wikipedia; and it was a relatively major edit. however despite it showing up initially, it has now reverted to the old version.

have I missed any steps in the editing process. Please help Anaskassem (talk) 13:23, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Anaskassem this is English Wikipedia, we have no involvement in Polish Wikipedia, you will have to ask there Jimfbleak - talk to me? 13:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

This edit appears to be the relevant one if anyone is interested. On first glance, writing an English edit summary in pl.wp probably isn't a good look. And as Jimfbleak said, you will have to deal with it there. Commander Keane (talk) 13:38, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Anaskassem More to the point, you said in the edit summary that you have a person relationship to the subject. This is something that English Wikipedia covers in our conflict of interest guidance. I assume that the Polish Wikipedia works in a similar way to how we would work here: make any proposal for changes to the article via its Talk Page for non-involved editors to assess the relevance and the reliability of the sources you provide. Personal information from Skrybant won't be acceptable. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:45, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Why am i blocked from editing when i've contributed nothing but credible content?

I recently edited the page of Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Spent many hours trying to substantiate claims with actual news sources and government webpages (for election results) but I got blocked by several users, and my work was instantly undone. The editors monitoring the page had no interest in evaluating my edits in entirety and even accused me of (a) being an employee (b) being the journalist who wrote the articles! It's incredibly unwelcoming, and insanely illogical. And in the reverted version, the author wrote that he's a hindu, with a citation from World Bank. Where is mention, where are the real facts? And why was i blocked and banned when I did nothing wrong? Curiouscat17 (talk) 14:09, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Curiouscat17 You are not blocked: if you were, your account would not be able to edit here. User:OOOTenx has asked on your Talk Page whether you have a conflict of interest regarding the Shanmugaratnam article. The correct place to discuss article content is on Talk:Tharman Shanmugaratnam, where I note you have already begun to discuss disputed items as part of our standard process. Note that we have very strict policies for articles about living people. Any content must be backed up by inline citations to reliable sources. It is not sufficient to assert that such sources exist if you have not cited them. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I did cite his official biography. Just wondering if anyone had looked through them and actually compared it to the original? Also, when i logged in today, i was notified that my IP address has been blocked from Wikipedia. It's a miracle I can still be typing now. Curiouscat17 (talk) 15:52, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Re the blocking of the IP you were using, that's likely to be just bad luck (unless you were using a VPN). More details at WP:IPBE. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:29, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I was notified that @ohnoitsjamie was the one that blocked, so is it bad luck or just bad people? Thank you for your help though. Appreciate it :) Curiouscat17 (talk) 14:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

The Theory of Everything

The real Theory of Everything, the unified field theory of all forces that Einstein spent the last 25 years of his life looking for has been discovered and was published in a book in 2019. The book is The Theory of Everything: a nonperturbative, successfully tested, Higgsless theory with no strings attached by Donald W. Caldwell. It's content is justified by deriving the mass of the electron to 9 significant figures of accuracy, the maximum number experimentally available. Many other derivations and explanations of physics phenomena are explained including the relativistic mass of the electron, and hypotheses of gravity and dark energy. This new breakthrough knowledge is not mentioned in Wikipedia. Question: How can it be acknowledged in Wikipedia. 2601:147:4780:8CF6:C9E7:6F4E:10ED:671A (talk) 14:56, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Some coverage in reliable secondary sources would help. I've found it here on Amazon, but Wikipedia is not doing book of the month club.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:07, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

If the book becomes notable (see WP:NBOOK) it can have an article. With a title like that, it must be evaluated as fringe science and cannot be treated as a reliable source (WP:RS), at least until it is reviewed in one or more major science journals: see WP:FRINGE. Approximately 6000 new book titles get published every single day, so existence of a book dies not make it notable. -Arch dude (talk) 15:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

The book also looks selfpublished. The Amazon page says "Publisher: ‎Datum Books", but a Google search on "Datum Books" only finds this book. The publisher name appears to have been invented for the book. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

With a blurb that reads This monograph contains fundamental physics breakthroughs that will change the course of science, and will likely be the most important physics book of the 21st century, I'm sure that a Wikipedia article will soon be forthcoming (joke). Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

And having been published over 5 years ago, the likelihood of it receiving serious reviews now is .... negligible. - Arjayay (talk) 15:53, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

A current redirect is incorrect. How do I change this to redirect to the correct page

Colt-Pielstick currently redirects to the SEMT Pielstick page.

The SEMT Pielstick page is correct in the sense that it was purchased by MAN. However, Colt-Pielstick was purchased and is currently owned by Fairbanks Morse Defense. I have documentation proving that this is factual but I do not know how to change the redirect to go to the Fairbanks Morse Defense page.

Can someone help me make this change so the Colt-Pielstick redirects to the correct wiki page? Will.Monroe FMDefense (talk) 17:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Haven't I answered a question about this here before?

Anyway, since "Colt-Pielstick" does not appear anywhere in the article Fairbanks Morse Defense, the principle of least surprise says that it should absolutely not redirect to that article as it currently stands. (That text doesn't appear in SEMT Pielstick either, but at least that shares part of the name).

I suggest you open a discussion on Talk:Fairbanks Morse Defense to decide how to handle this - probably, some text should go into that article - with citation - and then the redirect should be edited.

For how to get to the redirect in order to edit it, see Help:Redirect. ColinFine (talk) 17:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Will.Monroe FMDefense: the fact that you "have documentation proving" something is not relevant, because that's not how Wikipedia works. You must cite a published reliable source. For this purpose, it can even be an obscure source like small blurb in a trade journal somewhere. In a case like this (an uncontroversial fact about a company) you could even get away with citing the corporation's web site. -Arch dude (talk) 17:51, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Name translation

There is a comic book from Argentina named "El Eternauta". That name is a made-up word in Spanish, it does not exist other than as the name of that comic. So the name of the article about the comic was initially also in Spanish: "Eternaut" may seem an obvious translation, but being a completely made-up word (in both languages) that would have been OR. Some years ago Fantagraphics finally published an English edition, called "The Eternaut", so the article was moved: now we were not making up translations, but following a translation already done.

But there is a sequel to that comic, that is still unpublished: "El Eternauta, segunda parte". Should the article be named "The Eternaut, second part", or stick to the name in Spanish until an offcial translation is made? Cambalachero (talk) 17:25, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@Cambalachero If the second part is not yet published, won't it be WP:TOOSOON to have the sourcing necessary for a new article? Meanwhile, if there is something reliable published about the next part, why not just include it in a subsection of The Eternaut? Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:35, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

It's a 1975 comic. It's not published in English, it has been published in Spanish a long time ago and there are several sources that talk about it. The original Eternaut is from 1957, and the English edition I mentioned is from 2020. Notability is not an issue. Cambalachero (talk) 18:17, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I would wait until someone comes along and decides on an English translation for the sequel. If it's necessary to explain it then a translation can be provided right after the title. An example of a title that is in the original language for similar work: Ot el bruixot. Reconrabbit 19:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Pinoy Big Brother

In Pinoy Big Brother, I'm not seeing the [edit] button on the various sections in the article. There is the [edit] button at the top, and I've checked the code, and it is correct ==Overview==. I've purged the page, refreshed the page in my browser, I've checked a couple dozen other articles, and don't see that issue with them. Is it just me not seeing these [edit] buttons on the section headings? Or what? Thanks. Isaidnoway (talk) 19:36, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

That was because @Sszz123345 inserted _NOEDITSECTION_ at the end (as well as _FORCETOC_) a few hours ago - I assume this was accidental, but I don't know how. Anyway, I've removed them.

I'm wondering why an article about a TV show has coordinates. ColinFine (talk) 20:10, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Because all episodes of Pinoy Big Brother have apparently been in one house expressly built (and rebuilt) for the show. I assume the coordinates are to that Big Brother House.Naraht (talk) 21:28, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, had no idea that NOEDITSECTION was even a thing. After looking over the rest of their edit, it seems like maybe a hoax, they linked Kuya, (a village in Russia, population 3) as having won Most Influential Voice at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. Account was just created today with a total of three edits. Weird. Isaidnoway (talk) 21:37, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Google Street View helps. :) https://www.google.com/maps/@14.6392416,121.0347656,3a,75y,178.68h,94.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_wzpPQf8EZDgbEl_GB_f3A!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en&coh=205409&entry=ttu

New page

Hi... I want to create a page for myself ( actor/ writer) I want a Sam Dobbins page... My user name is Sdobbins21 I don't want that as my name, just user name... I tried to do my page, but it took me to a page to create an article Sdobbins21 (talk) 19:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Sdobbins21 Wikipedia is not a place for people to write about themselves. Please read the autobiography policy. Wikipedia is interested in what independent reliable sources say about a person, not what they say about themselves. 331dot (talk) 20:03, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Guideline about coverage of nonexistent products?

Does the Wikipedia have a guideline somewhere covering how to handle a product announced several years ago but has never been released? Or how to handle nonexistent things in general? Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 20:39, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Like every other subject, it is a matter of the sources. If there are reliable independent sources discussing the product, then it can appear in Wikipedia; if there are not, it can't.

Ideally there will be sources discussing the fact that it hasn't appeared, which can be referred to in the article; otherwise the article will have to say something like "was scheduled for release in" but nothing more. Without a source, the article should not say that it was or wasn't released. ColinFine (talk) 21:20, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. So there would be no issue if an announced product initially covered by RS but never came to be after many years and nothing acknowledging that being reduced from a section to a sentence or two? Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 21:31, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

That sounds about right to me. But, as always on the help desk, asking vague questions without specific examples gets vague answers. ColinFine (talk) 22:02, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

I think it's best to keep it vague because I want to understand guidelines as best as possible, and I as an editor will decide how to apply that understanding to a specific article. Thanks again. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 23:09, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

StefenTower, fifteen years of editing Wiiipedia and assisting new editors has convinced me that discussing specific issues with specific encyclopedia articles is vastly more useful than discussing vague generalities phrased as hypotheticals. This is not a debating society. It is a place to assist with the improvement of actual, genuine encyclopedia articles. Cullen328 (talk) 09:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

My twenty years of editing Wikipedia and (hopefully) making a real difference here on many levels disagrees with your position. I am asking about guidelines here and that's why the specific article in question does not matter. I like all Wikipedians should strive to understand the MoS and policies. I am not debating anything - just wanting to understand whether we have guidelines that cover particular general concerns, and I as an experienced editor can then apply that understanding to "actual, genuine encyclopedic articles". On the other hand, if anyone wants to ask about a specific article, that is certainly all right. The only thing reminiscent of a "debating society" is your reply to me, calling me out like this is something terribly important for me to come back to discuss, as if I've done something amiss. Anyone should feel comfortable asking a question here, whether it be general or specific. Stefen Tower_{s among the rest!} ^{Gab • Gruntwerk} 15:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Adding "Caliph" to infobox

In the page Malik al-Ashtar , i want to replace the "monarch" in infobox with "caliph" as Ali was a caliph. I tried to do it in [3] but "caliph" appeared somewhere it should not have AlexBobCharles (talk) 21:32, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

You seem to have tried to use a parameter called 1blankname, but as far as I can see, Template:infobox officeholder has no such parameter. It looks to me as if office=[[Caliph]] will do the job. ColinFine (talk) 22:11, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

In Masoud Pezeshkian for example , "1blankname" is used to add "Supreme leader" which is not normally in the infobox template

Also "office=caliph" would not work as his office is not caliph! I do not know how this could work AlexBobCharles (talk) 22:26, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@AlexBobCharles: Is [4] what you want? PrimeHunter (talk) 23:42, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Yes Thank you AlexBobCharles (talk) 06:59, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

How can you sincerely ask for donations?

When you already take money from a video game company like Ubisoft for falsifying Japanese historical information on Yasuke being a samurai?

Yasuke

2601:246:5E81:2F40:4D44:42F8:C432:7480 (talk) 22:07, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

what? when did wikipedia do that? Gaismagorm (talk) 22:09, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Encyclopedic content does not dictate donations, which goes to the Wikimedia Foundation. Kindly refer to Talk:Yasuke if you have concerns, and create an account so that you can be autoconfirmed if you wish to join any discussions on that page. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

There is some doubt about whether Yasuke had samurai status; and about whether that status was even well-defined at the time. But I don't see what Ubisoft has to do with it. Maproom (talk) 08:57, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Ubisoft is planning to release Assassin's Creed Shadows with a samurai character based on Yasuke. The poster apparently has a strange theory that Ubisoft has paid Wikipedia to call Yasuke a samurai to help give authenticity to their game. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers and not by staff of the Wikimedia Foundation which runs WIkipedia. 609 editors have edited Yasuke. Nobody can control the article. If Ubisoft wanted to try to influence the content then they could just edit themselves but they should follow Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest if their goal is to help their game. The article is currently semi-protected so you have to be autoconfirmed to edit but that's quite easy. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:37, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Uploading a diagram

I have been editing the "Accuracy and Precision" article for many years. I decided to add a diagram, but it gives a pink pop up box saying it is unable to determime whether it is suitable. I have tried . pdf, .jpg and .png with the same results. John M. Acken (talk) 23:12, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

@John M. Acken: The concern is probably about the license and not the file format. If you made the diagram on your own and will release it with a free license then try uploading it at commons:Special:UploadWizard. If you didn't make the diagram then where did you get it from? PrimeHunter (talk) 00:02, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

July 19

Louis Maurice Young writer

I world like to add some informations available about this 90's and 2000's decade writer,his nome is Louis Maurice Young. He has an YouTube Channel, his website and many interesting topic matters available on the web. 2804:38A:A140:BBB:A969:1E0A:614F:F160 (talk) 00:54, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP editor, If there is significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of Louis Maurice Young, then he is notable enough for Wikipedia and you can create at article about him. There's plently of information to get your started at Help:Your first article. -- D'n'B-t -- 06:46, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Headingley

Ref number 41 is in the red. Please repair if you can. Thanks 115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:40, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Corrected access date from 20224 to 2024. ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · contribs · email) 01:48, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

List of de-sysopped admins?

Is there a list or List of admins de-sysopped by ArbCom anywhere? AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:19, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Here's a good place to start: Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/for cause DanCherek (talk) 16:23, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Just what I was looking for. Thanks. AndyTheGrump (talk) 16:35, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Ordinance #9 Tombstone

Reading the Wikipedia article about when the ordinance #9 was rescinded it is stated that it's not know when the old ordinance was discontinued. My name is Terry McGahey anow living in Kingman Az. The old Earp ordinance as it was known ended for good in 1994. I know this because I was the driving force to end it. By the 90s and before ordinance #9 was changed to ordinance #5-5-1 but it was the same exact ordinance. I was shot at, had property destroyed and had to shoot and wound a man in self defense. Anyway, the whole story is on a blog called The American Cowboy Chronicles. To much to put here. It truly was like stepping back into the old west at that time. 65.73.92.50 (talk) 23:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Hello Terry. I expect people would be interested to hear about this if you write on the talk page of the particular article - perhaps you are referring to Cochise County Cowboys#Weapon ordinance although I did not notice where that article states that it's not known when the old ordinance was discontinued. If so you might like to go to Talk:Cochise County Cowboys, click “Add topic” and let them know. In general blogs are not considered reliable sources, but there are exceptions. No doubt the people interested in the particular article will have a view on the blog you mention considering Wikipedia:Verifiability#Self-published sources Chidgk1 (talk) 09:15, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Can't edit a certain page

I've been trying to correct the dash type on William Beauchamp Wildman. However, most of the time when I try and edit the page it simply refreshes and doesn't go to the editing page. On the rare occasion this works and I make the edits I want and click "publish changes" the changes don't happen. If anyone knows why this is happening it would be much appreciated if it could be explained and/or fixed. If someone would like to make the simple change I'm trying to make it would be very much appreciated. I'm trying to change the dash type on the page that's used between dates from the current type to the standard dash format i.e. from - to –. Helper201 (talk) 23:44, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

@Helper201:  Done. Probably some glitch. C F A 💬 03:55, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

July 20

Hydrofision/Hydrofusion Process

The term used for the process of breaking down water, by means of means of electricity obtained via renewable resources, for the purpose of storing chemical energy. The pure elements are then recombined at a later time thus enacting an entire replacement of the fossil fuel system. 174.71.248.134 (talk) 00:31, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Maybe see Electrolysis of water?   Maproom (talk) 06:36, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Also Fossil fuel phase-out as whilst what you say is an important part there are other aspects to consider Chidgk1 (talk) 07:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

And if you have time to improve the article that would be great Chidgk1 (talk) 08:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Citing and archiving a pdf source?

Hello,

In Afşin-Elbistan power stations I am citing http://eced.csb.gov.tr/jsp/dosya/dosyaGoster.htm?tempAd=signature_file1152442471683518745.imz&orjinalAd=32162_Son_Sekli_Verilen_Rapor.pdf&yuklemeTarihi=2024-05-10 and I would like to get it right this time as last time I cited something from that website I kept losing it as a “dead link”. As I am busy editing the cite number may change but you can find it by searching the article for the page number 277.

Firstly am I citing it right?

Secondly (apart from downloading it to my computer which I have done) is there a way I can archive that pdf?

Thanks Chidgk1 (talk) 07:26, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Chidgk1: The site's not working for me right now. When it does start responding again, you can use http://web.archive.org/save to archive the PDF, then you can put that link in the archive-url parameter in the citation. C F A 💬 14:15, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Account was hacked

Hello My account with email "(Redacted)" and username "Jake Muller" have been hacked and the email was changed to "(Redacted)" Here is a screenshot of the email i received from wiki when the email was changed: https://pasteboard.co/CRTA5VRAlZ9R.png

can you kindly restore it. 169.224.75.242 (talk) 08:39, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I've redacted those email addresses; relevant people will still be able to see them. The chances are your account will be blocked or globally locked. The people responsible for recovering accounts are Trust & Safety, further details at m:Help:Compromised_accounts. Please contact Trust & Safety using the ca@ address. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 09:37, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Email

I have put error Email in hurry now I want to change it but it is registered please any solution 175.194.103.33 (talk) 13:50, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

You registered an account with the wrong email, and you want to change it? Do you still remember the password to the Wikipedia account? If so, login, then go here Special:Preferences and choose Password. -- Zanimum (talk) 18:06, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Zhou Xiaochuan

I noticed that on Chinese Wikipedia it's stated that when the economist Zhou Xiaochuan was born, his parents worked in Factory No. 2 (Dongan Electrical Appliance Factory) directly under the Ministry of Northeast Military Industry in Dong'an City, in Heilongjiang Province. However, the birthplace is indicated as Yixing. It's a strange discrepancy. 87.1.243.195 (talk) 14:53, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

If you have a question about an article on the Chinese Wikipedia you need to ask there. RudolfRed (talk) 17:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

JSON coding

Hi! I have a JSON coding from XTools which is supposed to generate a table; Is there any possible way to add the coding to wikitext. I currently have the coding here. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 15:04, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

You can write a lua module (if this is only for you, put it in <module name> sub spage of Module:Sandbox/Vestrian24Bio/). Use a Sribunto JSON function to get the data from JSON into a Lua table (mw.loadJsonData(), mw.text.jsonDecode()). Use the html library functions to create an html table from the Lua table.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 15:38, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Created a module here; but it prints this error message... Can someone please help me fix it. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 16:11, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

A modified module here; but same error message... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 16:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

My Article

I have been working on my page for almost 2 years and I cannot find the "move" option anywhere, it simply is not an option for me. Please help, I really want to publish this page that I've worked so hard one.I\ve watched videos and read help topics until my eyes feel sore and I just cannot find the move "from sandbox" option anywhere. Rivey791 (talk) 17:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rivey791: Your account is not yet autoconfirmed, which is required for moving a page. If you are referring to User:Rivey791/sandbox, it has no references so it is not acceptable as an article. Please also read WP:AUTO RudolfRed (talk) 17:41, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Rivey791 I have added a template to your sandbox that would allow you to Submit it to the Articles for Creation process for review.

Do not submit it for review in it's current form- it is written entirely inappropriately for Wikipedia at the moment and would likely be deleted for spam.

Very carefully read our notability criteria for authors, our policy that requires all information be verified, and finally our policy on strict neutrality of writing. Your sandbox fails all three at the moment. You still have a lot of work to do.

Let me know if you have any questions. Qcne (talk) 17:49, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

Searching own edits

Hello, is there a way to search your edits, as opposed to just browsing? Someone's just emailed me, saying that I edited an article on their late relative, and I can't find any evidence that the article exists on Wikipedia. There's two people with the same name, but they're alive and ticking (and not something I edited.) I have 50K edits, so filtering the user contributions to article space will still be slow to search through. -- Zanimum (talk) 17:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

I should clarify, I only want to search through the article titles, not the edits themselves. I just am wondering whether there's anything automated before I go 500 edits at a time. Thanks! -- Zanimum (talk) 18:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

@Zanimum: I have not tried it, but at the top of your contributions page there should be "Search for contributions", and a down arrow. Click the arrow and it will expand a search box. RudolfRed (talk) 18:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)