https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bicycle_Hotel_%26_Casino/ business was acquired by new owners in 2022. Since then, the name + logo have changed as well. How can we edit this on the page? Or should we simply start a new page for the new entity? Sandeekim (talk) 19:23, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Courtesy link: The Bicycle Hotel & Casino [your coding didn't quite work, it's easiest to just copy and past the title from the article page].
- It would not be a good idea to have two separate articles for the same establishment. One course of action would be to WP:Move the article to the new name (you can't edit page names in the same way as other text), leaving a WP:Redirect under the old name (because many people will search for that): if done properly, this will preserve the history of the original article, which is required.
- I see the logo is uploaded to en.Wikipedia directly under the Non-free use rationale – you can upload the new logo in the same way and replace the old one with the new.
- I assume you have no personal connection to the business. If you do, you need to look at WP:Paid and WP:COI, and comply with those policies as necessary (this is mandatory). Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 5.64.160.67 (talk) 19:54, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sandeekim: If you are associated with the business (and I assume you are due to your use of the pronoun "we"), then you should refrain from making edits to the article yourself. Propose them on the talk page instead. You can upload a new logo and add it, change spelling, and other minor things, but if you want anything more substantive than that, you should propose it on the talk page. You can preface your proposal with the tag {{request edit}} to indicate your conflict of interest and cause your proposal to be listed on a category page that is monitored by some editors. ~Anachronist (talk) 20:04, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Sandeekim: Hi there! You may also choose to use the Wikipedia:Edit Request Wizard to suggest edits to the article. Thanks for your interest in improving Wikipedia! GoingBatty (talk) 05:08, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I just reverted three instances of vandalism to International Standard Serial Number, one of which was from 2021. Should this page be protected? 76.14.122.5 (talk) 20:34, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Three instances of vandalism spread out over two years is not enough to justify protection. That would prevent good faith IP editors like you from editing the article. Cullen328 (talk) 21:41, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Hi . I was editing the statistics on this page , and when it was first edited ,it had edited successfully ( and the statistics are still present when you go to the editing page ), but for some reason the statistics for this rugby league player now don’t appear now on his Wikipedia page , with some kind of ‘ cite ‘ message . How do I get the statistics ,which are under his playing career , to appear on his page Thank you Larder7 (talk) 21:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Larder7: I think I fixed it with this edit. You had closed a template with } instead of }}. Better now? Deor (talk) 22:26, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening, please I have forgotten my Wikipedia password,Have been trying to log in but I can't, I don't know if you can help me with it. 102.88.34.57 (talk) 21:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Hello. If you provided an email address linked to your account, then your password can be reset. If you did not provide an email address, then it is not possible to recover control of that account. You can register a new account instead. Cullen328 (talk) 21:47, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- It's not impossible if you found a browser on which you were currently logged in, but otherwise you will have to create a new account if you don't have an email address for resetting the password.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 07:58, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Good evening. How can I tell if the person who wrote the paragraph in the article meant "Astana Arena opened in 2009" or "Astana Arena, opened in 2009"? The problem is as follows: the person who wrote the article may have forgotten to add the comma. Without the comma, the sentence "Astana Arena opened in 2009" needs the MOS:CAPTIONS, while with the comma it does not need the MOS:CAPTIONS. How can I understand this? I hope I have explained correctly. The fraae in reference is "Astana Arena opened in 2009". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astana#/editor/18. JackkBrown (talk) 22:06, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- JackkBrown, probably the best way to find out what somebody meant when they wrote something is to identify the edit in which that "something" was added, identify the editor, and ask the editor on the editor's talk page. Just as you cannot read other editors' minds, other people here at the "help desk" also cannot read other editors' minds. -- Hoary (talk) 23:34, 15 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Another approach is to say that it doesn't matter what another editor meant: you have as much right as that other editor to decide what the paragraph says. If you think it isn't clear, reword it. If you are not sure what it is saying, look at the source and see what it says (and if one is not cited, find one and cite it), and reword accordingly. ColinFine (talk) 09:03, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @JackkBrown: Looking at the article in question, Astana#Sport, the caption is for a photograph of the Astana Arena. "Astana Arena" will suffice on its own, because it describes what the picture is. It is my preferred caption for this picture as any subsidiary information, such as its opening date, should be in the article text. It might have the date the picture was taken added, as has been done for the "Barys Arena in 2015" picture below it.
- Adding an extra snippet of information, as in "Astana Arena, opened in 2009", is fine with a comma: the additional text simply describes a property of the subject, although it would be better in the article text as stated above.
- I'd consider "Astana Arena opened in 2009.", without a comma but with a full-stop, to be inaccurate, because it's not a picture of the arena being opened in 2009. Bazza (talk) 09:46, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- @Bazza 7: yes, I had already corrected the caption yesterday; I did the same reasoning. Thank you very much anyway! JackkBrown (talk) 11:58, 16 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]