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    April 16[edit]

    Fettuccine Alfredo[edit]

    Hi, a user recently edited this page by removing "Italian-American cuisine" and adding "Italian cuisine" ([1]; without adequate explanation), after many years that "Italian-American cuisine" was present on this page; I would like to hear other opinions. I'm familiar with this dish, and the way it has evolved it's no longer part of Italian cuisine, yet today in this encyclopaedia it has automatically become Italian (there is no dish called "fettuccine Alfredo" in Italy, we have "pasta al burro", but it's a bit different); what we do in this situation? JacktheBrown (talk) 02:12, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @JackkBrown: There is already discussion of this on the article's talk page. If you and the other editor can't reach consensus through that discussion, try WP:DR. RudolfRed (talk) 03:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Despite what JackkBrown says, the dish was created in Rome by Alfredo Di Lelio at the restaurant Alfredo alla Scrofa over 100 years ago, and so it is an Italian dish even if it is now more popular in the United States than in Italy. Every dish has its variations and certainly the contemporary American versions are different in the sense that cream is used in the sauce in addition to butter and parmesan cheese. That does not mean that they are two different dishes. They are different versions of the same original dish that was marketed to American tourists in Rome starting in the 1920s. Cullen328 (talk) 06:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I don't mean to stir the sauce here, however – it may be true that this dish exists on the website of a restaurant in Rome that bills itself as its originator, but what JackkBrown writes is also true: in Italy, there is no such thing as "Fettuccine Alfredo", at least not beyond the front door of the restaurant (or restaurants) trying to cash-in on the "origin" story in order to sell "pasta in bianco" to American tourists for €24 a plate (...only extra €25 with truffles, €50 with caviar, very good, you want Mister? "King of Noodles" indeed). Gambero Rosso has a somewhat tongue in cheek piece which gets to the heart of the matter here, and our friends on Italian Wikipedia summarise it well too (see Diffusione e varianti section). Mostly, picky children and those recovering from illness get "pasta in bianco". -- Cl3phact0 (talk) 15:07, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cl3phact0: thank you so much for your comment, very helpful for all who will read it! JacktheBrown (talk) 16:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How to cite sources from a Google Drive link[edit]

    Hello. I'm editing articles about historical elections, and I have received archived returns from a state board of elections, however, these files are in a downloadable PDF form located on a Google Drive. Can't find it on any other web page. How would I go about citing these returns? Longestview (talk) 04:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Longestview, you should not cite to a Google Drive. Sources should be published and it sounds like those return forms have been sent to you personally by the local election body? That means they are not "published". Instead, you could cite them offline via Template:Cite_document and put the onus on the reader to request the returns if they wanted to check the reference. Qcne (talk) 08:19, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Bizarre title[edit]

    Isn't this article having a bizarre title ? Wikipedia:Translation/Urban Network Bouzinac (talk) 08:15, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The title looks fine to me. If you want to propose a change, the place to do so is on the article talk page. Shantavira|feed me 08:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    It is not an article, it is a Wikipedia:Subpage of Wikipedia:Translation. It is an incomplete translation from ja Wikipedia, abandoned since 2008, so it could probably be deleted. TSventon (talk) 08:55, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are other subpages such as Wikipedia:Translation/Tanja Ostojić, which are tagged as inactive and seem to be requests for translation. TSventon (talk) 09:06, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What would be a good template to say and tag "hey this article need update/finition of translation" ? Bouzinac (talk) 09:14, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is Template:Expand language, but the Japanese version used is fifteen years out of date, so I think a deletion discussion is probably better. TSventon (talk) 09:29, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You mean delete the enwiki article because time has passed between starting of translation in enwiki and current version of jawiki https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8D%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF&action=history ? Bouzinac (talk) 09:54, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I have started a discussion at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Translation/Urban Network. I don't think the page is useful as it is incompletely translated and likely to be out of date. There are always alternatives to deletion, such as fixing the page or moving to draft, or even leaving it where it is as it is not in article space. TSventon (talk) 10:21, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Poorly covered topics spread over several articles.[edit]

    I found two topics that are either poorly covered or nearly synonymous, what do I do, what do, where do I find a consensus about merging (or fixing) more than two pages at once.

    Number one is scientific communication/debate/discourse

    Number two is the independence of media

    For clarity, I haven't tried anything yet, and am just unsure about what to do. JackTheSecond (talk) 12:18, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @JackTheSecond: You can tag pairs (or triples; but I would start simple) of articles with {{merge}}, or {{merge to}}/ {{merge from}}, and start a discussion on one of their talk pages, per the documentation of those templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I know that, the problem with it is that none of the pages on scientific discourse having a significant amount of watchers. JackTheSecond (talk) 12:31, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You say you know that, and yet your question was "what do I do, what do, where do I find a consensus about merging (or fixing) more than two pages at once". Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:34, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @JackTheSecond, if you believe a merge is not controversial, you can simply do the merge. There's info at Wikipedia:Merging. Valereee (talk) 14:25, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @JackTheSecond:When you have an editorial opinion on a merge, then open a discussion using the merge templates and processes described above. If there are few watchers and/or little input from other editors, then after about a week of (non)discussion, go ahead and perform the merges. Basically you are an editor with just as much authority to make this decision as any other editor. You think it's an improvement, nobody bothered to oppose you, so just do it. If there is an objection later, that will open the discussion. -Arch dude (talk) 15:17, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    thank you JackTheSecond (talk) 15:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    conflict in wikipedia[edit]

    eudes en odo ere the same person ! fr:Eudes d'Orléans en:Odo I, Count of Orléans 2A02:1810:2D25:F000:F343:F063:6592:AE64 (talk) 16:40, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Dear IP, these are two pages from two different language editions of Wikipedia; the first fr.wiki, the second en.wiki. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:45, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There are 18 articles about the subject in total on the different language wikipedias: (see wikidata:Q1345866). What is the "conflict"? Cl3phact0 (talk) 16:48, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And fr:Jacques II (roi d'Angleterre) is the same person as James II of England. Do you see some problem with this? ColinFine (talk) 16:50, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Adding information[edit]

    <deleted advertisement>2403:5808:BC08:1:0:0:0:FE58 (talk) 16:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    It doesn't appear that we have an article about that particlar Chris Howard. If you can find the required independent reliably published sources to establish that he meets Wikipedia's criteria for notability, (remember, that nothing written, published, commissioned, or based on information directly from him or his associates counts towards this), then there could be an article.
    You could add it to requested articles, but to be honest the take-up from there is very little.
    It is possible, but not very likely, that the topic might capture somebody's interest and they might write it.
    The most likely way for you to get that article included in Wikipedia is by writing it yourself. I need to warn you, though, that creating a new article is one of the most challenging tasks there is for new editors, and people who attempt it before they have spent a few months learning how Wikipedia works by making edits and interacting with other editors usually have a frustrating and disappointing experience.
    My advice would be to put Chris Howard aside for a while, read Help:Introduction and begin learning how to be a Wikipedia editor, and when you've got a grasp of some basic ideas (especially notability) read your first article, and come back to it.
    One more note: if you are Howard, or are connected with him, then your task is likely to be even more difficult, because your conflict of interest my make it more difficult to write in the required neutral tone. Whatever you do, do not pay anybody to write an article. No paid editors are in any way accredited by Wikipedia, and many of them are scammers. ColinFine (talk) 17:01, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Vulgar fraction policy[edit]

    What is Wikipedia's policy on using Unicode vulgar fractions like ½? On multiple occasions, I have inserted them into articles but they have been edited out as "typos". I found nothing about them in the manual of style. BenbowInn (talk) 19:04, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    See MOS:FRAC Meters (talk) 19:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Emptying out categories to get them speedy deleted[edit]

    I've come across this behaviour several times, where an editor seems to disagree with the existence of a category or category tree for whatever reason so they start removing the category from every page so that they can nominate it for speedy deletion.

    To me personally, this seems very dishonest to do as it circumvents the category for discussion process. In my opinion doing this intentionally should be discouraged if not outright banned. ★Trekker (talk) 23:03, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @★Trekker Now, that's very interesting to me, because I'd thought of doing it myself. That's following seeing it suggested here, somewhere, for the cases I'm concerned with.
    I've been largely doing cleanups of categories--mainly biological ones. And I'm thinking, for example, of a very large category for some biological family. There might be a genus or two in that family with lots of species; these could well be made into subcategories (and I've made many categories and moved literally thousands of species); it makes the family category more manageable, and gives some improved order to the subcategory for the genus.
    But I find a lot of these categories with subcategories that contain three or two species, or even just one. And usually, they're not likely ever to have any more. It makes a clutter of subcategories that do virtually nothing to make the main category more manageable. When I think about running them all up for approval for deletion, it occurs to me that nobody approved their creation in the first place. I'm sure of that; I've created hundreds of categories (did one just a day or two ago, and put over 90 articles into it). Uporządnicki (talk) 00:21, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    April 17[edit]

    Link 2 articles in two languages about the same figure together[edit]

    I have created a new article Vũ Lăng. After that, I found there is an article about this figure in Vietnamese at vi:Vũ Lăng (thượng tướng) and these two articles are not linked together.
    I aslo see existing wikidata item for this figure at d:Q10833838 but it is not linked to en.wiki article.
    How can I link them together? Leemyongpak (talk) 02:15, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Never mind. I found how to do it myself :) Leemyongpak (talk) 03:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Wikimedia issue[edit]

    I erroneously uploaded an image file as public domain. I’Ve added the nec. copyright notice. I’ve deleted the license (I think) but can’t figure out how to replace. If no other choice, I should delete image completely. Can’t figure out how to do this either. Valuenyc (talk) 02:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Valuenyc, the English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons are separate projects with separate goals, policies and administrative structures. Most English Wikipedia editors have no special understanding of their procedures. I suggest that you use the help resources available on Wikimedia Commons. Cullen328 (talk) 06:32, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Valuenyc, commons:File:Felix Albrecht Harta (portrait by Oskar Kokoschka, 1909).jpg? Commons:Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Austria tells us: "Copyright in individual work of literature, music and the visual arts ends 70 years after the author's death." Kokoschka died in 1980. -- Hoary (talk) 12:35, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I have nominated the file for deletion. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Asiimwe Ritah Profile Editing[edit]

    kindly help me re-organize my profile information 102.85.68.255 (talk) 07:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it the article Ritah Asiimwe, and are you unhappy with it in some way? See WP:AUTOPROB for more detail.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:48, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    (edit conflict) Hi IP 102.85.68.255. Assuming this is about Ritah Asiimwe and you're "Ritah Asiimwe", please take a look at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Relationship between the subject, the article, and Wikipedia and Wikipedia:Conflict of interest. Wikipedia doesn't have profiles per se like perhaps you might find on social media; it has encyclopedic articles written about subjects based on what reliable sources have said about said subjects. So, if you tried to edit the article today using another IP address, then that's OK; however, from here on it's probably better for you to make edit requests at Talk:Ritah Asiimwe instead and propose the changes you'd like made. I've reverted the syntax errors introduced earlier today by another IP account, and I also did some minor copyediting and syntax clean up. You should, however, use the article's talk page to propose the changes to the infobox that you think should be made. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Article heading glitchy on mobile version[edit]

    The 'track listing' heading on Saturns Pattern isn't displaying properly on the mobile phone version of the article - it's appearing vertically. I thought I'd fixed it by adding extra spacing - when I tested it, by copying the whole article into my sandbox, it looks okay on my mobile - but didn't work in the article when I tried the same fix. Many thanks! IndigoBeach (talk) 08:43, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Italian singers[edit]

    Italian topics, obviously, aren't the most important in the encyclopedia, but I would like to point out a big problem: I have noticed that the titles of Italian songs and albums are often written in English: this doesn't make sense (for example on the Gino Santercole page); it's correct to write the translation, but it's not correct to use only the title translated into English. It's very important to be more careful, also because I'm one and I cannot correct the whole encyclopedia. JacktheBrown (talk) 11:57, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @JackkBrown: You might want to raise this at WT:WikiProject Italy (and on individual article talk pages). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:23, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    WP:COMMONNAME would indicate that if the song is known by an English language name, then that is the correct one to use in an English language encyclopaedia.Martin of Sheffield (talk) 14:28, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    JackkBrown is frustrated that editors mechanically translate Italian song titles when translating from Italian Wikipedia, for example here. I agree that it is frustrating, but don't have a solution to the problem. TSventon (talk) 14:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: there is a solution: the pages of Italian singers should be created by Italians (e.g., an excellent user is LukeWiller), as they know the titles in Italian. JacktheBrown (talk) 14:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    MOS:QUOTEFOREIGN says When editors themselves translate foreign text into English, care must always be taken to include the original text, in italics. As the editor was translating it Wikipedia, they knew the Italian title, but they appear not to have known that they should have kept the Italian titles. TSventon (talk) 15:08, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @TSventon: I think that a large-scale control is indispensable, as I said, as far as I can do, I remain one person. JacktheBrown (talk) 16:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Not going to happen on this website, any more than "Christian topics for Christians only". Italians can choose to show up and edit. If they don't, they don't and content will be made by others. And why specifically "Italian singers" instead of "Italian mountaineers"? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:14, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: "And why specifically "Italian singers" instead of "Italian mountaineers"?". Only for Italian singers because:

    there is a solution: the pages of Italian singers should be created by Italians (e.g., an excellent user is LukeWiller), as they know the titles in Italian. JacktheBrown (talk) 14:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

    JacktheBrown (talk) 18:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    JackkBrown, when you write there is a solution: the pages of Italian singers should be created by Italians, I can assure you that your proposal absolutely will not be accepted. One of our core principles is that Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit, as lomg as they comply with policies and guidelines. We are not going to carve out an exception for Italian topics. And how would this large scale control that you mention even be implemented? We have policies and guidelines that we are all expected to follow, but no mechanism for large scale control of content matters. As for notable Italian topics, they are no less important than any other notable topics. Rome is just as important as London and Florence is just as important as Dallas. Cullen328 (talk) 17:27, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cullen328: that's not true: American and British topics are preferred, just look at the statistics; I agree that Italy, United States and United Kingdom are equally important in this encyclopaedia, but they are treated differently; suffice it to say that most of my edits concern Italian topics, and I have not yet finished correcting and improving the pages. JacktheBrown (talk) 17:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What's not true? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 18:10, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: the fact that Italian topics, as preference, are equal to American and British ones; based on the views of the various pages, this isn't true. Mine isn't a complaint. JacktheBrown (talk) 18:49, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Cullen said nothing about "equal". Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:06, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Gråbergs Gråa Sång: then I misinterpreted the comment. JacktheBrown (talk) 19:13, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    JackkBrown, there is no connection between "importance" and the number of page views. Many popular culture topics get very heavy page views. For example, Richard Lewis (comedian) died on February 27, and in the next week, his biography was the third most heavily viewed article on this website. That does not mean that Lewis is more "important" than Rome or Michelangelo or Sicily. Cullen328 (talk) 23:44, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Cullen328: now I understand what you mean, thank you. JacktheBrown (talk) 00:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Template messed up[edit]

    I am unable to fix Template:Clarinet. I was trying to add the clarinetist section. deisenbe (talk) 14:09, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    deisenbe I have fixed the coding. Firstly there was some wikicode that needed to be at the end of the template, so I moved it. Secondly to link to a category, you need to add a colon at the start, otherwise you add the page to the category. TSventon (talk) 14:18, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Development Studies[edit]

    What precisely do post development theorists mean when they call for the abandonment of the PWWII development project? 102.22.194.176 (talk) 18:12, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    IP editor, the answer to your original question, "Where can I ask questions if I have assignment questions", is "Not here". TSventon (talk) 18:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Mysterious ex-wikipedia page[edit]

    Hi, I'm in the early stages of writing an article about 1980s UK film-maker Cliff Twemlow, and when checking to see what WP already has on him (very little, and no article) I found this page, which appears to be a WP article about him, and states "This article is issued from Wikipedia", the link being to a deleted page with oldid=1081611956. I wonder if anyone with suitable privileges could tell me if this was originally a WP article, but has been deleted, or is in Draftspace, or something? Thanks! Tobyhoward (talk) 19:41, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    That is indeed a copy of the deleted history of the article Cliff Twemlow * Pppery * it has begun... 19:43, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tobyhoward: According to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Cliff_Twemlow you can request for the article to be undeleted if you are intending to work on improving it. RudolfRed (talk) 19:53, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you @RudolfRed and thank you @Pppery. Tobyhoward (talk) 20:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Caitlin Clark article[edit]

    The first line of the article about Basketball player Caitlin Clark says that she is “stupid” 2601:589:4F02:DA50:9D04:FA82:C36:70E1 (talk) 22:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The article had been vandalised but has now been corrected. TSventon (talk) 22:52, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    am a teacher[edit]

    how do i assign my students work?204.2.36.253 (talk) 22:45, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    See Wikipedia:Student_assignments for some information on that. RudolfRed (talk) 00:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    IP now blocked (again). Shantavira|feed me 08:23, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    April 18[edit]

    hello, how to i create my organization Wikipedia page[edit]

    hii, Am i arulkrishna, i have to tried many times to create our organization related informative wikipage Arulkrishna2096 (talk) 04:47, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi Arulkrishna2096. Are you aware of Wikipedia:The answer to life, the universe, and everything, Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)? If not, then perhaps you should take a look at those pages. The only way any article about your organization is going to be allowed to be created is if the subject matter clearly is considered to be Wikipedia:Notable; this means that it's clearly the case your organization has received significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources. Furthermore, anyone personally or profressionally associated with the organization in more than a casual way is almost certainly going to be considered to have a Wikipedia:Conflict of interest, and thus shouldn't really be trying to create such an article themselves. Moreover, depending upon the nature of their association, such a person could also be subject to Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure regarding any content created or edited about the organization on Wikipedia. Finally, assuming your edit here on April 11 was just a mistake, then that's OK; just please don't make any more similar edits in the future. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As well as the links MarchJuly gave you, you may find WP:BOSS an easier and useful read. ColinFine (talk) 09:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I need help related to article[edit]

    I'm writing to inquire about the possibility of adding content to the Wikipedia page on Patio Homes Patio home. I have some information that I believe would be valuable to readers, but I'm unsure if it meets the criteria for inclusion. Arti2024 (talk) 08:19, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Arti2004, you should discuss your proposal at the article's talk page. (But if your objective is to promote a business that builds patio homes, just forget it.) Maproom (talk) 08:24, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How to Change the Username?[edit]

    How to change the username in wikipedia? Gobinath (talk) 09:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    You may change your username by visiting Special:GlobalRenameRequest or WP:CHUS. 331dot (talk) 09:07, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Using Wikipedia offline[edit]

    I download Kiwix to use Wikipedia offline, but I can just search to article, I can’t search to template, portal, category, and Files, how I search for these?.Aro Salar (talk) 11:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Aro Salar: Try asking at meta:Talk:Kiwix. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:52, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    They are don’t answer me, what I do? Aro Salar (talk) 20:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Only a few hours have passed since you asked there. Wait a week or so. 118.18.141.213 (talk) 21:55, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Talk page archiving[edit]

    Hello. Can anyone help me convert the archives of my talk page to use the Archive 1, Archive 2, etc. system instead of making new really short archives for each month? Thanks, QuicoleJR (talk) 13:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Vertalingen[edit]

    er worden regelmatig fouten gemaakt bij het vertalen. Soms heeft de vertaling niets meer te maken met wat men wil schrijven. Zo wordt ´present´(heden) vertaald naar ´cadeau´.wie die vertalingen doet, weet ik niet, maar het is soms belachelijk. Er word echt letterlijk vertaald. Dirk. 178.51.43.204 (talk) 13:29, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Translation: Mistakes are regularly made during translation. Sometimes the translation no longer has anything to do with what one wants to write. For example, 'present' is translated into 'gift'. I don't know who does those translations, but it is sometimes ridiculous. The translation is really literal. Dirk. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 13:43, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Translations of other languages on Wikipedia are sometimes not perfect, but that is true of any translation. Do you have any issues with any specific articles? (note: I used Google Translate to figure out what the IP said) QuicoleJR (talk) 13:35, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You're going to have to be more specific than simply saying there are errors in translation somewhere. GMGtalk 13:36, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Dirk, we zitten hier op de Engelse wiki, weet je wel--dat geldt ook voor klachten: in het Engels ajb. Over welk artikel heb je het? Drmies (talk) 13:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Translating ´present´(today) as ´cadeau´ sounds like French Wikipedia. TSventon (talk) 13:57, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Help fix the Olympedia reference for Women's Volleyball 1992 Olympics[edit]

    Can you please correct the Olympedia for the reference of Women's Volleyball for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics? For the Qualifications. 108.21.67.83 (talk) 14:42, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Olympedia has absolutely nothing to do with Wikipedia (they are two among thousands and thousands of separate wikis on the internet). You'll have to ask at Olympedia. ColinFine (talk) 14:48, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I think the OP is talking about Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and the big red error at #2 in the ref list. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 14:59, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @ColinFine: They are most likely referring to the reference error on that page which is labeled Olympedia. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Use the correct case in reference names: <ref name="olympedia"> is not the same as <ref name="Olympedia">.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 15:21, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Done. You had called it "olympedia" in one place and "Olympedia" in another place.
     Fixed ColinFine (talk) 15:25, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Can I post on behalf of my company? Need help as soon as possible![edit]

    I want to edit our brand's page which is currently outdated. I tried to already, but wikipedia unpublished my edits saying it was promotional, and they also threatened to ban me. What should I do? 82.167.94.131 (talk) 14:49, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    You need to read and comply with WP:PAID. Disclose your connection as outlned there and make edit requests on the talk page. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 15:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I assume that you made these edits under an account or different IP. If you have an account, remember to log in. You must make the Terms of Use required paid editing disclosure and read conflict of interest, as well has how to make edit requests. You should make edit requests on the article talk page, detailing changes you feel are needed.
    It would be better to think of it not as "your brand's page", but an article about your brand- this may give you a different mindset. I'd lastly suggest that you read WP:BOSS. 331dot (talk) 15:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    See also our FAQ for article subjects. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What company is it? QuicoleJR (talk) 15:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Registering from a blocked URL[edit]

    HI We would like to invite a distinguished scholar and her students from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad to join us as Wikipedian editors. However, the university has a blocked IP account at 2401:4900:1c36:56c:6dec:675b:3ea7:7ab. When they tried to email the administrators, they found they could only email IF they already had an account. This is frustrating. 1) Who can they email when they are blocked from using the university IP address? 2) Why is this IP address blocked until 2026 and can we address this?

    Thank you LoveElectronicLiterature (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @LoveElectronicLiterature: They can make a request at Wikipedia:Request_an_account. RudolfRed (talk) 16:01, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @LoveElectronicLiterature, My IP address is blocked for my school too by [[User: Materialscientist]] until 2026, I don't know why my IP address is blocked for my school too. But It has to do with Vandalism. I have never done Vandalism as an IP or on my account or on my alt. accounts. Neko Lexi (talk) 22:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Image sizes on mobile version[edit]

    The problem mentioned at Talk:2024 London mayoral election#Susan Hall’s photo is larger than the others back in January is still there. One candidate picture is much larger than the others when viewed in mobile mode at [2]. They're all the same on the desktop version. I was going to add a screen shot but Wikipedia:Screenshots of Wikipedia is rather daunting, especially for images. I'm using a Motorola g31(w) Android 12 build S3RWDS32.123-29-8-2-5. I understood specifying image sizes was a bad idea to allow the best fit for a wide variety of devices but something needs fixing here. Cavrdg (talk) 16:28, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cavrdg: I have replied on the talk page where this discussion should continue. Bazza 7 (talk) 16:54, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you! --Cavrdg (talk) 17:04, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Reporting A User[edit]

    Lately a person who owns a wiki article has been very rude and very threatening against individuals AshFlux (talk) 16:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    This seems to be related to disussion at Talk:James, Earl of Wessex. @AshFlux, no one owns a Wikipedia article, and the place to take behavioral complaints is WP:ANI - but be sure you read and follow all the instructions at the top of that page, and be aware that your own behavior will also come under scrutiny. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 16:59, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh no it's not for me! It was my friends account sorry for the Misunderstadning AshFlux (talk) 17:02, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    One more thing if no one owns the wiki, how are they banning people and not taking in suggestions? AshFlux (talk) 17:04, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @AshFlux, there are administrators here who deal with inappropriate behavior (and generally clean up messes, that's why we call becoming an admin being "handed a mop"). But they don't own anything. Content issues are worked out by consensus between editors and reference to policies/guidelines, not by admin intervention. Sometimes people will disagree with you and you won't be able to bring them around to your viewpoint. That's just part of life here on Wikipedia. 57.140.16.57 (talk) 17:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you! Saying it like that was very sweet. Your amazing at explaing that.
    -
    Ash AshFlux (talk) 17:16, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment reporter is blocked for being a sock, among other things. Star Mississippi 17:37, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Heteromeles[edit]

    Working on plant identification cards for my job and came across this page that states, "...these include icaricide compounds which protect the blood-brain barrier...". When I try to research icaricide, it redirects me to Acaricides. Is this correct or is icaricide correct? I appreciate your help in this. Thank you, Gaby 162.191.155.57 (talk) 19:08, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The answer seems to be wikt:icariside according to the reference in Heteromeles. TSventon (talk) 19:27, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Formatting of user page on mobile[edit]

    My user page User:Macrakis formats peculiarly on mobile, with the first header displayed vertically on top of the userbox (screenshot). This was first pointed out to me by @JackkBrown:. I have found a work-around -- add &nbsp; after the userbox, and just before the first header. --Macrakis (talk) 19:56, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi @Macrakis! Since you edit on mobile, there are other ways you could try the formatting on mobile. I use a PC, so the formatting is different than on mobile. Glad someone could help you out, I don't know much about editing on Mobile ngl. (Ngl=not gonna lie) Neko Lexi (talk) 22:39, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This isn't about editing on mobile. The User page displays correctly on desktop, but not on mobile. --Macrakis (talk) 22:45, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh sorry, I must have misinterpereted that. Neko Lexi (talk) 23:05, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    cocaine[edit]

    how long does it take for cocaine to go into your system by eating it 2.27.134.177 (talk) 22:20, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi IP! Your question is not relevant to Wikipedia, but you could look it up or find other sources of media! Neko Lexi (talk) 22:32, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello. This page is for questions about editing and using Wikipedia. If the article cocaine doesn't answer your question, then you might get a response at the Reference Desk - but be aware that we are forbidden to give medical advice. I'm not sure whether your question counts as looking for medical advice, but if people there think it does, then they will not give you an answer. ColinFine (talk) 17:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Borders[edit]

    Hi! Just a question, how do you add borders to your userpage? I have seen other userpages have borders and I don't know how to put one. Neko Lexi (talk) 22:43, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Have a look at WP:UPDG. I don't know whether it covers this, but seems a good place to start. ColinFine (talk) 17:01, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    April 19[edit]

    Middleton family[edit]

    Middleton family

    Reference number 66 is in red - please repair. I cannot do this, sorry! Thank you 115.70.23.77 (talk) 02:12, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Fixed. The issue was that access-date was written as 20244 instead of 2024. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 02:22, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I swear this is like the 80th time this IP has made the same error. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 04:24, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Very likely an underestimation. It has long been evident that this user (who also has an account but has seemingly been embarrased into not using it by previous admonitions) is inherently unable to perceive such typos, whether from sight-related or device-related issues, and/or what one might call "code-blindness". Since most of her many contributions have been accepted as constructive, it's easier in the long run just to correct her occasional mistakes rather than to try to teach her not to make them. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 151.227.134.31 (talk) 17:49, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    So they are incapable of learning how to do it? It seems odd that they are capable of writing a reference but not fixing errors with one that they wrote. If that's neverthless the case, it might be better for them and us if they worked with a particular editor or editors as a mentor. 331dot (talk) 19:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I fix this error[edit]

    There is an error that says "Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page)." in A Killer's Confession - Wikipedia. How do I fix this? Perfecnot (talk) 02:42, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Perfecnot: it looks like another editor has fixed this. It appears some text was deleted that removed the closing ref tag. RudolfRed (talk) 03:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    About Infobox Company[edit]

    I was reading the page Template:Infobox company and trying to clear my confusion about Legal and Trade name of company. Then found this statement under trade_name: "Trade name, doing business as, d/b/a or fictitious business name under which a company presents itself to the public. This parameter is used only when the company has a legally registered trade name that is different from the company's full, legal name.

    Can anyone clear this above 👆statement what exactly it means?

    I checked Wikipedia page of "Google" there is no mention of Trade name of Google LLC. Octo2k (talk) 06:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Sometimes a company's legal name, which it is registered with and puts on official documents and the like, is distinct from it's common name which it advertises with and which the public would generally refer to it with. For example, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation is a legal name for a company that is commonly known as Amtrak. And Little Caesar Enterprises Inc is more commonly known as Little Caesars. In these cases the common name is called it's "trade name" or "Doing Business As" name. In Google's case, Google LLC is their legal name but it's not distinct from Google which is the name that they trade as. -- D'n'B-t -- 06:30, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for your reply. Want to clear one more thing, is Cellco Partnership is legal name of Verizon Wireless, it's written as example of Template: Infobox Company, but i checked the Wikipedia page of Verizon Wireless there is no mention of Cellco Partnership in Verizon Wireless Wikipedia page's Infobox company? Octo2k (talk) 06:52, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    A good point. You could change the |name = field in that case, to reflect the legal name. Although if I were going to do that I would include a reference that gives both names, such as this, to avoid any confusion. -- D'n'B-t -- 16:38, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Referencing self published or pre-published articles[edit]

    When correcting citations which fall under the "CS1 errors: missing periodical" alert, what should the journal name be written as for self-published or pre-published essays which are sourced only on open access repositories? For instance, an article from bioRxiv.

    Specific example: The fourth reference to the Aedes koreicus article Tanaya001 (talk) 10:11, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Don't use the Cite journal template if there's no journal. See Template:Cite document/doc. 118.18.141.213 (talk) 11:55, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Better to use {{cite biorxiv}} to cite articles/papers at the bioRxiv preprint server.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 12:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, didn't know this existed Tanaya001 (talk) 20:26, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    LGBT rights map is incorrect[edit]

    Hello.

    I want some help in editing the map being used on LGBT rights by country or territory (Template:World laws pertaining to homosexual relationships and expression).


    The information concering South Asia appears to be incorrect:

    • Pakistan should be changed to "Prison, with arrests or detention"
    • Bangladesh and Sri Lanka shoud be changed to "Prison, not enforced" (I have no idea why Bangladesh is coloured as having same-sex relationship legal protections).

    I have a feeling that Pakistan might be controversial, but the following do state that there are arrests of LGBTQ in the country, especially the UK foreign office summary:


    Pakistan

    https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/10/08/pakistani-courts-confirm-bail-for-yale-alum-after-lgbtq-inspired-photoshoot/

    https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/world/pakistan-police-arrest-couple-facilitators-over-gay-marriage-94974https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/62554b85e90e0729fef7bb5f/Pakistan_Sexual_orientation_and_gender_identity_or_expression.pdf


    Shironese (talk) 14:02, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Shironese The best place to raise these issues is on the associated article talk page, Talk:LGBT rights by country or territory. 331dot (talk) 14:14, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How to go about uploading files based off of copyrighted content?[edit]

    Several NFL teams have been updating their uniforms recently, which renders the images of their current uniforms outdated. For example, the page for the New York Jets displays this image, which is no longer accurate. I've been working on an updated version, both with as little anti-aliasing as possible to make it easier to edit, as well as to reflect the recent changes; this is similar to the previously referenced images, but updated and accurate to the real, current uniforms. I'm not quite sure how to approach uploading it, though; I have to wait four more days and contribute 10 edits before I can upload directly to the English Wikipedia, which is heavily advised when dealing with copyrighted content (in this case, imagery based off of the trademark of a professional sports team worth billions). I also have updated uniforms for the Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns, am currently working on the Houston Texans, and I plan to adapt all the uniforms to this template.

    Any advice? Thanks in advance ExpergeTech (talk) 14:56, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hi ExpergeTech. You might want to discuss this at Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League before proceeding further because most likely the members of that WikiProject are aware of the recent changes made to team uniforms and may have already begun discussing how to deal with it with respect to the Wikipedia articles about the teams. They will also probably know how to best upload new images of the uniforms. -- Marchjuly (talk) 15:11, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I have created an English Wikipedia page for Anousha Nazari, a mezzo-soprano singer, using references from reputable media sources and content from the French and Persian versions of Wikipedia.

    Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Birobih/sandbox.

    How can I submit and publish it?

    Regards Birobih (talk) 23:19, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Creating an English Wikipedia Page for Mezzo-Soprano Anousha Nazari[edit]

    I have created an English Wikipedia page for Anousha Nazari, a mezzo-soprano singer, using references from reputable media sources and content from the French and Persian versions of Wikipedia.

    Here is the link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Birobih/sandbox.

    How can I submit and publish it? Birobih (talk) 23:21, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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