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December 6

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

Well, I've screwed up an addition to the bio of James Gooodale. I meant to add where he went to school before Yale. Here's my source: http://www.jamesgoodale.net/biography/whoswhobio.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Danielrubin (talk • contribs) 00:38 6 December 2017 (UTC)

I put that url into your empty ref tags, but you ought to expand it from a bare url, preferably by filling in as many parameters as possible in {{cite web}}. --David Biddulph (talk) 01:44, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello

Heyŀ — Preceding unsigned comment added by NewWorldGod (talk • contribs) 01:31, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@NewWorldGod:. Hello. Did you have a question about editing Wikipedia? RudolfRed (talk) 01:36, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season articles

Can you turn some of the season articles from red to blue now. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 02:27, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

If there are reliable sources and the subject satisfies the notability requirements, you can write the articles. If not, please read WP:Too soon, and wait. --David Biddulph (talk) 02:33, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What no template it was ready I thought it was blue but it was still red. GET YOUR LAZY BUTTS IN GEAR. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 18:41, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 Big Ten football season

Can You move the 2018 Big Ten football season article from the talk to the draft page please. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 04:29, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:2018 Big Ten football season does not exist. In any case you have been told on countless occasions that drafts should not be created as talk pages, see #2018 NCAA Division I FBS Template above, and also WP:Help desk/Archives/2017 November 28#2018 Pac-12 Football standings, among others. You have also produced countless unsourced pages in violation of WP:Too soon. The answer, therefore, is no. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:27, 6 December 2017 (UTC) Hey David Biddulph Stop Being Lazy. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 18:42, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why do we have to wait until the Army Navy game is over on Saturday because it's the final game of the regular season and then we can move on to the 2018 season. 68.102.39.189 (talk) 21:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You have to wait until there is coverage in reliable sources about the 2018 season, regardless of what games are remaining for this year. RudolfRed (talk) 01:42, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hey anonymous editor @68.102.39.189: it is you who is not making the effort. Create your drafts correctly, as other editors do, via WP:WIZ or WP:DRAFTS#Creating and editing drafts as you are supposed to do (and have been asked to do) and stop expecting other editors to do things for you. If you would (to use your previous terminology) 'get off your a**e' and create an account it would make your editing less problematic. And do not make any disparaging remarks about other contributors, however mild. Eagleash (talk) 19:08, 7 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Correction of first event at WVU Coleseum

I watched the WVU-Virginia basketball game this evening (12/5/17) and the announcers mentioned that the first event that occurred at the Morgantown Coliseum in 1970 was a Grand Funk Railroad concert. I'm assuming that they got this information from you since you state the same. You do not mention that I noticed the exact date of that concert. But you do mention that the WVU Coliseum opened on the date of December 1 of 1970. I do know that positively that this is incorrect.

I was a freshman at WVU beginning in August of 1970. It was either that month or possibly in September that I attended the Doc Severinsen concert which I believed then and still do that it was the first event at WVU Coliseum. I had seat A-1. The fresh concrete smell was still in the air. I was a member of the WVU Marching Band in 1970 and I was sitting in the field where the band practiced waiting for practice to start which was right next to the Coliseum. A senior named Harry (can't remember the last name for sure but might have been Stock) was the drum major at the time. I saw him carrying a large spool of tickets. I asked Harry what that was for. He said it was for the Doc Severinsen concert. I said I'd like to go to that, can I purchase from you? He said yes and asked to borrow my pen. It was a pen that had praying hands on the pocket clip. I said sure but I want it back. Harry had it a while but did finally give it back. Harry was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha and I was pledging Phi Delta Theta and our frat houses were adjacent to each other on Fraternity Hill which occupied Belmar Avenue in Morgantown. So I got to know Harry and recall these events quite well. Harry was associated with the entertainment end of things for WVU at the time. I believe that Harry sold me the very first tickets to the very first event at WVU Coliseum late summer of 1970. Did the Grand Funk Railroad concert occur before this time? Can you tell me the exact date of this Grand Funk concert? If it was sometime in December of 1970 when you say the Coliseum opened, then that was certainly NOT the first event at the Coliseum. I graduated from WVU in 1974. I recall these events as if yesterday. Unless you can prove otherwise, I would say that you are posting incorrect information regarding the first ever event held at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown West Virgina. Contact Harry Stock for verification if you can find him and if he recalls this happening. I sure do.

Jeffrey Meyers WVU '74 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.3.84.214 (talk) 06:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You could raise the question at Talk:WVU Coliseum. Wikipedia articles should be sourced by references to published reliable sources, but much of the material in that article is not clearly sourced, though I have added one further source and repaired two broken links in the "external links" section. It appears that the Grand Funk Railroad concert was on 19 Sept 1970, according to https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/grand-funk-railroad/1970/west-virginia-university-coliseum-morgantown-wv-53cea359.html (which being a wiki is not a reliable source in Wikipedia's terms). The 1 December date was the first game, according to http://wvusports.com/sports/2017/8/3/wvu-coliseum.aspx. If you can find a published source for the date of the Doc Severinsen concert to which you refer, this could be compared with the Grand Funk date. Because of Wikipedia's core requirement for verifiability, personal recollections are not acceptable as a reliable source. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:58, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedian in residence

Apologies if this is the wrong place, but does anybody know if we have (some)one at the London Metropolitan Archives? Many thanks! Serial Number54129^{...speculates} 10:44, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Serial Number 54129: If WIR is complete, it appears not.--S Philbrick (Talk) 13:56, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! Curses :) Thanks for the help anyway Sphilbrick Serial Number54129^{...speculates} 14:32, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded wrong file

Hello,

I recently uploaded an image that I did not own by mistake. I could not successfully delete the image. What do I need to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgiaCosmos (talk • contribs) 13:00, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GeorgiaCosmos: Start by identifying the image. (I looked at your contributions, but did not see it.)--S Philbrick (Talk) 13:52, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The only file your account has uploaded is File:Senator Greg Kirk (Georgia).jpg which was deleted before your post. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:49, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

green economy carbon footprint documents

Helena (talk) 13:22, 6 December 2017 (UTC)helena[reply]

What is your question? RJFJR (talk) 15:46, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Broken infobox and/or template in Cambrian article

The article for the geological period Cambrian uses an infobox that appears to use at least one other template. A red link is displayed as "JTemplate:Graphical timelineh" in the infobox. This red link is not displayed in the infoboxes of other geological periods, for example Ordovician and Silurian (which correctly show a column of key events in each period). My knowledge of infoboxes and templates is basic and I do not understand why the error is occurring in the Cambrian article. Can anyone help me with this problem, please? GeoWriter (talk) 13:43, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted this vandalism from yesterday, and purged the Cambrian page to transclude the corrected template. --David Biddulph (talk) 14:14, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for fixing this. GeoWriter (talk) 14:35, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion Page

I saw a page is a deletion page (Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/Constructal law). It is written that "Please share your thoughts on the matter at this article's entry on the Articles for deletion page."

How can I share my comment by using "edit source" buton?

Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umitgunes1 (talk • contribs) 14:12, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Which page? RJFJR (talk) 15:45, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Umitgunes1, similar to how other editors have commented at Wikipedia: Articles for deletion/Constructal law, you too could comment at the bottom of the discussion, recommending what is your opinion with respect to the deletion of the article. Generally, when editors recommend a course of action, they usually do so in bold text, e. g., "Keep", "Delete", "Merge", "Redirect", or any other view as "Comment". One way to include your opinion/comment is to click on the "Edit Source" button, and then scroll right to the bottom, and then start by typing in the following:

* '''Keep''' (or any other opinion you may have, followed by your comment, and ending with your signature, which is generally inserted by typing ~~~~)

Read WP:DISCUSSAFD for more details, before proceeding to participate in the discussion. Come back here for more assistance at any time. Thanks, Lourdes 15:51, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]