Wikipedia:Help desk

This section is pinned and will not be automatically archived.

The help desk is frequently semi-protected, meaning the help desk pages cannot be edited by unregistered users (IP addresses), as well as accounts that are not confirmed or autoconfirmed (accounts that are at least 4 days old with at least 10 edits on English Wikipedia).

However, you can still get direct assistance on your talk page. Just use this link to ask for help; a volunteer will visit you there shortly!

There are currently 0 user(s) asking for help via the {{Help me}} template:

Might be an obvious answer, but is there any sort of category for works about Asian Australians? Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 05:49, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not according to Category:Works by nationality, but I'm also not readily seeing that any of the categories listed there combine multiple nationalities, which doesn't even account for the fact that "Asian" isn't a nationality. I think I'd have to advise against creating such a category, though you might ask at WT:CAT. DonIago (talk) 06:29, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For naturalised or other migrants, see categories like Category:Chinese emigrants to Australia; for anyone else, categories like Category:Australian people of Chinese descent. Note also Category:Australian people of Asian descent and its regional subcategories, if the country of origin is not known precisely. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:51, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To clarify, I'm looking for a category for media works (books, films, etc) about Australian people of Asian descent. I'll probably ask at WT:CAT then. Sarsenet•he/they•(talk) 04:49, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Sarsenet, Category:Works about Asian-Americans exists as a subcategory of Category:Asian-American culture. Category:Asian-Australian culture exists. You could create Category:Works about Asian-Australians, but asking at WT:CAT would make sense. What would you put in the category? TSventon (talk) 08:59, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also found Category:Indian-Australian films, Category:Pakistani Australian films and a Huffpost list of films starring Asian Australians. TSventon (talk) 10:51, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone tell me what the arrow symbol below at the right means when Wikipedia places it at the beginning of a line in an article we're editing? I've seen it several times off and on now, and although I seem to be able to delete it I'd like to know why it comes.

Augnablik (talk) 10:22, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Augnablik - I've never seen it in one of our articles, are you using the mobile or desktop version? - I assume it is a carriage return (enter) symbol, that has been copy-pasted in from another application. We used to get lots of obj in a dotted rectangles, from a similar problem. - Arjayay (talk) 10:46, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I recall, @Arjayay, it’s come just on my computer. Can’t swear to that, though.

I too thought of a carriage return — even though laptops no longer have carriages! — but considering each case, I couldn’t imagine why the symbol would be placed there.

If you’ve never seen the symbol, then it would seem it came because of my computer, or even my browser. Augnablik (talk) 11:20, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Augnablik, if you go back in one of the affected pages' history, and re-open the version you saw it on, is it still there? If so, you could try opening it on another device, which would determine if it is your computer/browser. If it is "reproducible" then you could ask at WP:VPT, where the "techs" hang out. - Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 12:06, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Arjayay, I went back as you suggested and checked a lot of earlier versions of the article in which I think I saw one of those symbols most recently — but no luck. I remember that I often deleted the symbol when I'd see it, though.

I’ll keep a lookout to see if it will pop up again soon so I can bring it for your inspection. Augnablik (talk) 13:35, 6 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In one of my sandboxes today, that mysterious arrow I mentioned that sometimes appears to the left of a sentence beginning a new paragraph popped up several times on my work. Whenever I saw one, I copied it along with a line of text to show you here ... but then when I tried to paste it, the arrow disappeared.

I might mention that the arrow often disappears on its own from the original on my computer even without me deleting it.

Maybe the issue really does have something to do with my computer, as I haven't seen the arrow in text on on my phone. On the other hand, I hardly ever use my phone for Wiki editing. Augnablik (talk) 11:14, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Augnablik: I might know what you are encountering. Are you using the visual editor? If so, these arrows (carriage returns) indicate single line breaks. Double line breaks create a new paragraph, but single line breaks may be used variously to break up the appearance of the text in the source/code editor and are common after the end of inline references/footnotes. Since you can't see them otherwise in the visual editor, they appear as this arrow. The following text would produce one of these arrows after the </ref>:

Some people format their references with a lot of line breaks to make them easier to parse.<ref>{{Cite book
|first=John
|last=Doe
|date=2024
|title=Elements of Style
}}</ref>
The next sentence will appear to follow the one before the footnote to a reader, even though there are line breaks in the code.

-- Reconrabbit 14:30, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, @Reconrabbit, I use the VE. Now you’ve confirmed what @Arjayay also thought the arrow meant. I do wonder why it happens sometimes but not others, though, because I always press Return (Enter) once to start a new paragraph.

I thought my question might end up unsolved like another one I’ve had a long time, more frustrating because it involves a cursor jumping up to the line above and to the left on my computer when I’m trying to type a capital letter or certain kinds of punctuation … only when I’m in Wikipedia and while I’m typing messages. No one at the Village Pump seems to know what that’s all about! Augnablik (talk) 15:53, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can only guess as to the source of your second problem. Maybe when you press the shift key, something interprets this as pressing the arrow keys or the "Home"/"Page Up" keys. -- Reconrabbit 16:26, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

But, then, why only when I’m in Wikipedia … and writing messages … Augnablik (talk) 03:08, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Courtesy link: Christopher Bullock (civil servant)

Ref number 44 and 45 were obtained from JOURNALS and I think I got it all wrong. They are not a "simple errors". Please leave in quotes in both. I will endeavour to use the preview button. Please fix and thank you. Srbernadette (talk) 00:13, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

They are both ridiculously simple errors. You used {{cite journal}} but did not include a |journal= field. DMacks (talk) 03:08, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For refs number 44 and 45 - I have TRIED to put in "=journal" as suggested, but no good. Please fix up . So sorry. Srbernadette (talk) 04:39, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You changed <ref>{{cite journal |title= Foo to <ref>{{|journal=|title=

What you need is <ref>{{cite journal |journal=Bar |title=Foo, where "Bar" is the name of the journal. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:27, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Christopher Bullock (civil servant)

I'm sos sorry, but I cannot fix up references. 44 and 45. please fix up. It is too hard for me to redo them as journals. Please help. thank you. Srbernadette (talk) 22:34, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done, hope this helps! JacobTheRox (talk) 12:44, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I gave you a detailed description of how to fix this, above. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:02, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was away from Wikipedia for a good while (over a year, I think), during which time the "Global contributions" link was added to the toolbox when viewing a userpage. I have no use for this link, and I'm constantly clicking it when I intend to click the adjacent "User contributions" link. Is there any way to hide it? I already checked the list of available gadgets, but nothing refers to global contributions. Nyttend (talk) 20:07, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Just add:

#t-global-contributions { display:none }

to your common.css page. Ruslik_Zero 20:20, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Can you remind me how to do this? I'm unclear if I paste it at the top of User:Nyttend/common.css, at the bottom, or even at a different page since I already have one. Nyttend (talk) 21:25, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anywhere in that page without interfering with the existing code. Top and bottom both work. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:52, 8 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I noticed a floating "[ Reply ]" button on the Wikipedia:Update page, centred on the Viewport roughly half way down on the left side, which seems to be a matter of "position: fixed;" rather than "position: relative;" in the CSS. It does not reply to anything, it links to Wikipedia:Update, which is the same page the button is on! I wonder whether this button has actually ever served any purpose. It seems to have been added (not floating) in this version: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Update&oldid=1112554098, amidst a lot of other testing. Should this button be removed?

Thanks! ProfessorPuffin (talk) 02:33, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ProfessorPuffin: It's the reply tool "Enable quick replying" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-editing. The link did work for me but there was nothing to reply to so it was confusing and I have disabled it.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 09:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hhvb Mohiiiɓbb (talk) 11:35, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mohiiiɓbb, if you want to add content to an existing Wikipedia page, then (provided that the material is both worthwhile and referenced) go ahead and add it. If the page is "protected", preventing you from editing it, then make an edit request on its talk page. -- Hoary (talk) 12:05, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Everyone,

I am a film producer in American independent film industry. I have executive produced seven feature films. I want to have my page created if allowed. how can i have my page created?

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10067735/ Skadakia6 (talk) 18:10, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It is strongly reccomended not to write your own article - see Wikipedia's guidance on autobiographies. If you are notable enough for an article then someone will write one. CoconutOctopus talk 18:31, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also recommend reading an article about yourself isn't necessarily a good thing. ColinFine (talk) 21:28, 9 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lest it cause you trouble later on, please also read and abide by WP:COI before editing any articles about films you have worked on or actors or directors you have worked with. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:02, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, there is a lengthy conversation taking place at Wikipedia_talk:External_links#Proposal:_expand_the_scope_of_ELNO_to_include_"Further_reading" about guidelines concerning "Further reading" sections. I'm pretty sure this is the wrong forum, however. If, in the unlikely event of a new consensus, that consensus is to be binding, I'm pretty sure that this should be taking place at Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style or somewhere at the Wikipedia:Village_pump so that more people see it and have a chance to weigh in.

Any advice on if/where/how to relocate?

Cheers, Patrick 🐈‍⬛ (talk) 20:01, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Answered here. Polygnotus (talk) 20:23, 10 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In this source, there is a review of a film whose headline is a square within a circle because that's what the film's title Vattathukkul Chaduram translates to. How to get the right unicode for it? I mistakenly put ⧇, when it should be the opposite. Kailash29792 (talk) 05:35, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792: I don't know an efficient way to find such things, but starting at List of Unicode characters I found Geometric Shapes Extended and the character 🟗 "circled square" -- John of Reading (talk) 07:12, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Looks like we need the right font to read it and/or make it viewable. Kailash29792 (talk) 07:41, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

John of Reading, I found this and included the first HTML code I found. It renders an unviewable object, for which I think the right font is needed. Whatever it be... Kailash29792 (talk) 07:46, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Kailash29792: Yes, that's the same Unicode character. -- John of Reading (talk) 10:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Rangasyd,

The Pedophile Allen Huggins who I wrote about in 2021, where you said that being mentioned in a newspaper was not creditable reference. Below is another news paper article about where and when he was sentenced. You can see me in the right of the photo, in the link below.

As I assume you need a court report, where the courts do not write reports on pedophile cases. However, because of the high number of victims across Australia, the Judge is going to release the judgement. However, because a co offender is before the court, the judgement has been withheld from publication. But apparently I can get a statement from the court that he was convicted, but not a full copy of the judgement for some time.

Can you please explain to me what legal documentation or references other than australian wide newspapers and tv stations which covered the court case results, do you require as proof?

Regards Anthony Nolan OAM

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-18/allan-huggins-paedophile-catholic-school-counsellor-jailed/104489296 G3N1U5australia (talk) 11:21, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How are you trying to send it? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@G3N1U5australia and Pigsonthewing: Because of https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchUser=G3N1U5australia see WP:EDITFILTER. Polygnotus (talk) 11:39, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@G3N1U5australia and Pigsonthewing: Not too sure that I've ever said that "newspapers were not" a credible source. What I may have said is that allegations published in newspapers are inappropriate to use as sources, due to libel laws, etc. As G3N1U5australia has not provided a link to where I supposedly wrote such a statement that newspapers are not credible sources, it makes it difficult for me to provide context or to refute the claim. Nevertheless, in October 2024 Huggins was sentenced following a conviction of offences against minors. It's not the first time he has been charged and found guilty of similar offences against minors. Does it justify an article on Huggins? The answer is clearly, no, due to WP:CRIMINAL. However, there is repetitional damage to the institutions where Huggins was an employee. Hence, I have today included a short paragraph at O'Connor Catholic College detailing the crime, the sentence, and provided references – both of which are sourced from reputable Australian newspapers/media outlets. There is no article on Wikipedia for the school were he was employed in Perth, and was also found guilty of sexual offences against minors and sentenced. Rangasyd (talk) 11:35, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, with the 2025 Australian Senate Election results currently being counted I am creating this template to create a new standard for Joint Tickets in the senates results. Currently they are raw modified tables in the results at the New South Wales and Victoria bits (look for the joint tickets involving HEART, People First and Libertarians), and on the pages there the 3 colours are balanced. I am trying to replicate this with the template to replace the need for modifying the table directly but it isn't working properly and I have no idea how to get the 3 colours to balance. The documentation provides an example from the NSW results of that election. Any tips or help on how I can get these colours to be balanced? Thanks in advance and sorry if this is the wrong place to ask. Comfisofa (talk) 11:23, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would try WP:VPT. Polygnotus (talk) 11:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay thank you! Apologies I'm still a bit new to editing on wikipedia. Comfisofa (talk) 11:39, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is an infinite amount of things to learn here. No one knows everything. Polygnotus (talk) 11:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please can anybody fix the page title? its called "Electrostatic 'sheinding'" which is not even a word. the problem is much bigger because i had trouble searching it on index. 152.59.185.121 (talk) 12:51, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

this is the page for which i am sending request-- [[2]]

IP editor. You are correct. There is, however, already another redirect at Electron shielding, so the existing electron sheilding is just there for people who confuse the i and the e! Mike Turnbull (talk) 12:58, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

electron sheilding was created as a redirect in September 2005 with the wrong spelling, then it was moved to electron shielding in November 2005, which left a new redirect page at "electron sheilding". Now "electron sheilding" is there for people who confuse the i and the e.

However "electron sheilding" redirects to Effective nuclear charge, while "electron shielding" was retargeted to Shielding effect in January 2013. TSventon (talk) 13:19, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

In view of that, I've updated the redirect electron sheilding to go to shielding effect and categorised it as a misspelling. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:35, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Where can I find a reference on list grammar for wikipedia? In English, it is common to find 'lists', or a collection of like items. For instance, the following is a list of words commonly associated with baseball: bat, ball, glove, white, base, mound.
Native English speakers will choke on one of those words because we intuitively expect a list to be comprised of one 'type' of word. It will either be all nouns, or all verbs, or similar. In this case 5 of the 6 words are nouns, while one is an adjective. While most balls and bases are white, 'white' is not usually listed as something you need to play the game.
Does Wikipedia have written guidance on how to build a list that makes sense? I'd like to rewrite a section of an article to normalize a particular list, and it would be nice if I could point at a policy article. SandyJax (talk) 13:50, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome! Have you read WP:LISTS and WP:NLISTS? Polygnotus (talk) 14:32, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not yet, will do so now. Actually, this is what I was looking for, someone to tell me where to go. WP:LISTS points to several things that should do it. Thanks! SandyJax (talk) 14:47, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"Native English speakers will choke on one of those words because we intuitively expect a list to be comprised of one 'type' of word. It will either be all nouns, or all verbs, or similar."

This is not true.

Please provide a link to the article or section you plan to rewrite, so that we can advise more precisely. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:33, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is 8.8.8.8 a invalid IP? The 8.8.8.8 is an DNS by Google and 1.1.1.1 CloudFlare.

Is Wikipedia can block users with DNS? Vitorperrut555 (talk) 16:25, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[3] answers your first question.

If we "block users with DNS", we will have no users. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:30, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If an admin were to block the IP address 8.8.8.8 then the result would be to block only edits that come from that IP address (which, barring some misconfiguration on Google's servers, should be none at all), not block all people using Google public DNS from editing. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:49, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Pppery I understand, i use CloudFlare DNS for security reasons. Vitorperrut555 (talk) 21:37, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If you use Cloudflare WARP then that's a VPN in addition to being a DNS server, so is blocked. But the reason it's blocked has nothing to do with it being DNS. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:41, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I couldn't find a proper place to report a bug, or mention the administration team. I stumbled upon a major case of exploitation, full details are available on the talk page of Boyuk Shor Highway. LatekVon (talk) 20:21, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Technical issues are better reported at WP:VPT. ColinFine (talk) 20:46, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is vandalism, I have reported at WP:AIV. TSventon (talk) 20:56, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Whilst reverting an edit at Battery electric vehicle at 21:32, I seem to have triggered a number of edit filters, including Tag; Filter description: Predatory open access journals. I've no idea which link/s might be the problem. Can anyone help please? Knitsey (talk) 20:40, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've even tripped a number of edit filters for the same reason... Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 20:44, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Knitsey: You could save the edit so just ignore it. An IP almost blanked the whole article, deleting 107 references. When you reverted, all of them were checked against a long list in Special:AbuseFilter/891. You are not held accountable for the article just because you reverted a near-blanking, and you are not expected to work out what triggered the filter. It's not revealed anywhere so it would be non-trivial. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:18, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter thanks for replying. I did double check to make sure I hadn't sent Wikipedia into outer space! Glad nobody has to go hunting through the refs for it. Knitsey (talk) 21:22, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Knitsey I have the script User:Headbomb/unreliable installed and can see instantly on that article that it is current citation #105 that is to the predatory journal. That script is very useful. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:36, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Michael D. Turnbull, I might give that a go, thank you. Knitsey (talk) 12:45, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It even works in the mobile version as well. That looks fairly simple to use. I like the colour coding. Obviously I would still need to check what it highlights but that is a useful tool. Thanks for bringing it up @Michael D. Turnbull. Knitsey (talk) 13:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On today's Main page - Did you know? section, specifically concerning a fact no. 2 "

• that American-born Freddie Lish called playing for the Thai national basketball team, "my dream ever since I found out my mom was born in Thailand"?

a strange phrase appears while placing a cursor on the Thai national basketball team page. Instead of a common page preview, (supposed to contain a beginning of an article), a plain text "weenie lover" is shown - and nothing else. The page links functions normally, and the page itself appears to be normal as well.

Does this happen to anyone else? Is there an explanation? Thanks for any info. Majespařez (talk) 22:26, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There was vandalism to the basketball team article earlier but it's gone now, the preview just hasn't updated for you yet! CoconutOctopus talk 22:32, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

thanks for your fast and clarifying responses, haven't got used to spotting vandalism yet Majespařez (talk) 22:38, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Majespařez: It was vandalism, it has been reverted. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DuncanHill (talk • contribs)

Could someone investigate this issue please? Mouse-over Omo remains and you get a silly pop-up message. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 23:05, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Does it include 'fat head'? Knitsey (talk) 23:10, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As in the previous query the article has been vandalised and the preview still shows the vandalised version. TSventon (talk) 23:13, 11 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm. This sort of cache vandalism seems to have become a larger problem as of late - perhaps a more technical solution is needed, as I've never opened that article but the vandalized prose appears for me, despite the vandalism being undone some time ago. Departure– (talk) 00:26, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is a technical discussion here Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#c-Chipmunkdavis-20250509075900-ClaudineChionh-20250509071100, which probably needs to be turned into a layperson's guide. TSventon (talk) 00:34, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Another one: vandalism on Wikipedia Zero appears from a solid 4 revisions ago. How are these caches created, and why is text that appears on exactly one revision being prioritized? Departure– (talk) 00:55, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved

 – Purged Wikipedia Zero and Omo remains to update cache

The page previews are (according to MW) created by the mw:Page Content Service and should be updated when a new revision is created, page is moved, changed visibility, deleted, or purged/null edited. But they obviously don't since the cache appears to be several revisions behind. Trim02 (talk) 01:19, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I change my Wikipedia password? KarenAins (talk) 00:15, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! See WP:PASSWORD#Changing_your_password. Polygnotus (talk) 00:40, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

So, the Greenfield tornado just got a physical memorial in Greenfield, Iowa (see KCCI, pinged other users contributing to the text at Talk:Greenfield tornado) and if you look at the physical text of it at the end you can see it's clearly closely paraphrasing the current article's lede (wording of which showed up around February this year). So, what now? I know Wikipedia needs to be cited when copied but this is a physical monument in a city, not some random blog. Departure– (talk) 00:16, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Generally speaking we add them to Plagiarism from Wikipedia where a nice collection has formed over the years. Polygnotus (talk) 00:42, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that's an article-space article and the plagiarism itself hasn't been noticed by RS media. Should someone here contact the news station so it can get there? Departure– (talk) 00:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My local newspaper has a tips@ email address and I've used it a bunch of times. Journalists are overworked and underpaid so if you give them something that is easy to turn into a short article they are happy to use it. Polygnotus (talk) 00:57, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, I'll send KCCI something. The same guy (Beau Bowman) has been responsible for a majority of post-tornado coverage on this event through KCCI anyway. Departure– (talk) 01:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Departure– If you think it fits, you can put Template:Backwards copy on the article talkpage. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:46, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I'm trying to make additions to the Supreme Court of Argentina but keep finding that the pdf cited as reference number 2 won't move to reference no.3. Nearly all of the references seem to disappear when I add a new one. Any help in sorting this would be appreciated.

CSGinger14 (talk) 03:26, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can see the revision I made and the problem it generated in references if you look in the edit history. Also, I'd recommend to any admin that come along that you mark the page for review. Any help would be appreciated. CSGinger14 (talk) 03:31, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CSGinger14, you added a new ref name=":0", but ref name=":0" already existed, so I changed the new ref name=":0" to ref name=":3" and that seems to have fixed the problem. TSventon (talk) 03:47, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you!

CSGinger14 (talk) 03:49, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I was logged in and working on my draft. I published it a bunch of times while working because I didn’t want to lose my work. When I finished, I clicked the back button. It said “are you sure you don’t want to publish and save your work” but I’d already published so I clicked no. But when I went back then like none of the stuff I had published saved??? The last publish shown was from like 2 hours ago but I swear I had published it a bunch of times since. 2 hours of work down the drain I swear 😭 any way to get it back? Shocksingularity (talk) 04:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Shocksingularity if you're talking about Draft:Shock singularity, no, it unfortunately appears your newer additions didn't save. You might've been previewing the page, not publishing it. Elli (talk | contribs) 04:22, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Shocksingularity When you publish your changes you will be taken out from the edit mode into read mode, requiring you to click the edit button again, so if that never happened you didn't publish your changes. You could try going into Special:EditRecovery and see if anything was saved there. Trim02 (talk) 04:26, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It did happen, so idk why it didn’t save 😭 Shocksingularity (talk) 17:52, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anyone else having this isse The provided authentication token is either expired or invalid. I am on latest version of Microsoft edge Windows 11 and have cookies enabled Isla🏳️‍⚧ 10:53, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is this to do with being logged in? If so, see Help:Logging in#Login issues and problems. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:07, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Dangit, I'm tired of websites stomping on my accounts. I had one here, but it says my password is incorrect when it's not. My browser remembers all of them. So, you either deleted my password, or my account altogether. I have no idea which email was last used when I logged in, because only my username is listed. I doubt it's the one Microsoft deleted when I didn't understand OneDrive some years ago, and I can't click on forgot password for that email address anyway. I am mentioned in my father's Wikipedia, and this is just crazy to me that businesses do this sort of thing with no warning. 107.141.56.123 (talk) 15:27, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is the name of this entire website, which is composed of articles. I think you mean the Wikipedia article about your father.

It would help if you said what your account name was. No one can delete your password or your account. If you did not attach an email address to your account in its account preferences, or forgot it entirely, you will be unable to regain access to it. In that circumstance you may create a new account and identify it as a successor to your old account("I am User5678, I was previously User1234 but lost access"). 331dot (talk) 15:30, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have your Wikipedia username? If it's an issue with your password, you can use Special:PasswordReset (I think that's the shortcut - my anonymous IP is blocked so I can't see the current one). Note you will need access to your e-mail account you used for your Wikipedia account in order to get a new password - if you can't access the e-mail or didn't use one at all, and if you don't have any sort of committed identity, unfortunately, your best bet is to simply create a new account. Departure– (talk) 15:30, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also the instructions at WP:GOODSOCK for best practices for transparently declaring your new account. Departure– (talk) 15:31, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm reaching out because I am the Marketing Director of the Aharai! organization. I'm trying to translate Aharai's official Wikipedia page into English, but I’m unable to do so because I’m not a veteran editor on Wikipedia. What can be done? Yuvalaharai (talk) 16:20, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First, you will need to declare as a paid editor, see the paid editing policy.

You may use the Article Wizard to create a draft, but that the article exists on another language Wikipedia doesn't necessarily mean it can here. Each Wikipedia is separate, with their own policies. What is acceptable on one is not necessarily acceptable on another. You must show that your company meets our criteria. 331dot (talk) 16:29, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note also that no organization, person or movement has an "official Wikipedia page." There may or may not be an article in any given Wikipedia about a subject, but it is an article in an encyclopedia. To be bluntly vulgar about it, we don't give a pruta what your organization has to say about itself, and you as its Marketing Director are overwhelmingly the worst possible person to be writing anything here about it. We are interested in solidly referenced information about what impartial, reliable third parties have to say about the organization, for good or bad. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:53, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL This is an Israeli educational organization, and it looks doubtful whether there is enough coverage in reliable secondary sources to have a standalone article. Please avoid copying texts from websites etc into a Wikipedia article, as this would not be helpful.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 16:42, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have posted factual content on the page for Pioneer Village in Salem, MA that keeps getting removed for political reasons. In the “talk” I am being personally attacked. Can someone help? Thank you ValueOurHistory (talk) 20:58, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@ValueOurHistory: These edits wouldn't be acceptable in any event; we don't allow Wikipedia to be used as a soapbox for external-to-Wikipedia matters. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 21:15, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have written factual information and the attacks are happening internal to Wikipedia ValueOurHistory (talk) 22:02, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What you have written is an emotional appeal (irrelevant of what the actual facts of the matter are) and has no place on Wikipedia. —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{threads critiques} 22:06, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The citation "Schauffler, Anne. A History of the Crazy 8s. 2006" is used for a lot of this article but I can't actually find it. Would anyone else mind taking a gander? I haven't encountered this before Sock-the-guy (talk) 22:32, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I can't find it either. Its not on Gbooks, refseek or worldcat. Don't know what it is. scope_creep^Talk 23:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

"DANNY SCHAUFFLER

Danny Schauffler has been one of the busiest sax players in Oregon. Over the years he has played or recorded with Felicidades, Sky River, Paul Delay, Quarterflash, The Rockin’ Razorbacks, Dan Reed Network, Johnny Limbo, Tom Grant, The California Raisins and others. He was a member of Oregon Music Hall of Fame bands Nu Shooz and the Crazy 8’s. It was with the Crazy 8s that Danny became known not only for his playing but also his energetic stage presence. He is a high school music teacher and also books the music at the Lake Oswego Arts Fair"

I think they may be citing themselves, considering the last names and source #11 Sock-the-guy (talk) 23:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this one Barbrick, Greg. "It's a Dog Eat Dog World." The Rocket: June 1990. February 18, 2008 exists either Sock-the-guy (talk) 23:11, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On the House of Krismerhof it has a Deutsch language link that points to Tiroler Landesarchiv [de] which seems to be an archive. How do you remove that link? Wikidata doesn't seem to register it? scope_creep^Talk 23:01, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Scope creep The dewiki article was linked to in the "references" section without a colon in front, meaning it overrode the language links, see WP:LOCALLINK.

And I just noticed there are two references sections, one which uses WP as a source... Trim02 (talk) 23:24, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I have requested a review at Wikipedia:New pages patrol. TSventon (talk) 00:42, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

How do I do that?

How do I delete a reference and re-place it? DEHusbands (talk) 01:36, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! User:DEHusbands/sandbox is not ready to be moved to mainspace (yet). Please see WP:EXTERNAL and WP:GNG and WP:CITE and WP:NOTABLE. Polygnotus (talk) 01:53, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to translate some English Wikipedia article to any other language. Is LLM translation tool good for it, or not good? It it is not good, what is the better way I can do? Upset New Bird (talk) 03:17, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, @Upset New Bird! LLM is usually not the best idea. See Wikipedia:Large language models. If you know the language yourself, then the best way to translate it is to do it manually. If you do not know the language well, then it is probably best not to translate it at all. Instead, you can contribute helpfully to Wikipedia in other ways. Why not check out the Task Center for a list of things that need to or should be done? 🌳 Balsam Cottonwood (talk) ✝ 05:12, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Balsam Cottonwood: I don't mean "generating content" by LLM, but I mean "just translating content" by LLM. Upset New Bird (talk) 05:24, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Upset New Bird:It's kind of the same thing. LLMs can make a lot of mistakes (I've witnessed it myself). I think you have to be fluent in both languages to translate an article. 🌳 Balsam Cottonwood (talk) ✝ 05:33, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Balsam Cottonwood: Then what do you think about translating original article through LLM platform and correcting possible errors within translated article by me? Upset New Bird (talk) 05:59, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There is no way to stop an llm generating content. When you ask it to translate, it might make mistakes, it might leave some text out, it might add some new stuff. Please just translate it yourself if you can, if you cannot, it is best to leave it to others as Balsam Cottonwood notes. CMD (talk) 06:02, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Chipmunkdavis: OK. I understand! Thanks for answering. Upset New Bird (talk) 06:23, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to cite this data. however, in order to get to the data, you would need to download the zip file, extract it, locate the DBF file (which I doubt most people are familiar with), and open in excel or other supporting app. The website itself also holds the data I am looking for but it would be impossible to look for the right dot on the map (see site to understand). I can't upload excel or other database formats to wikimedia. I have asked there, and someone suggested tabular data. should I go with it? or should I cite the website? Someonefighter (talk) 04:59, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You can cite websites with hard to access data. I am not sure what tabular data you are referring to, but you might also be able to cite that. If you feel special instructions are needed for verification, you can add them in a hidden note within the ref tags to assist others. CMD (talk) 06:04, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is someone able to make the headers of these columns (and any others not currently editable) be made to be changeable, such as the current |postitle= or |team_header=?

Eg. |ptstitle=, |perc_header=, |gdtitle=, |pp_header= (something of this nature) KeneRink63 (talk) 05:05, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]