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May 30

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

RE - the info box at the top of the page - should it have the title "Capt." for Peter Middleton - we are not sure and it is hard to change from our device. Thanks Srbernadette (talk) 00:08, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Srbernadette, who are you referring to by "we" and "our" in your statements "we are not sure" and "from our device"? ~~I_0urclc5~~ 04:25, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Myself and students here at Hallam S. College, Australia. Sorry for any confusion. Srbernadette (talk) 04:47, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Much appreciated. Warmly, 10:36, 30 May 2018 (UTC) Lourdes

I've removed the "Capt." title. However, in the future, you can take up such querieson the talk page of the relevant articles. Lourdes 14:16, 30 May 2018 (UTC)

Company informational article

Hi, I would like to know if I can write an informational article about a startup — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cnrmadureira (talk • contribs) 00:48, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but no, for several reasons. 1) your company is not notable yet. See WP:NOTABLE. 2) you have a conflict of interest. See WP:COI. 3) you are almost certanly a paid editor. See WP:PAID. Once your company becomes notable, someone else will write the article.-Arch dude (talk) 01:41, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I need assistance aligning a barnstar on my userpage

It seems I have difficulty finding the exact coding to make an award I received, horizontally to fit correctly on my user page. Any assistance in "verticalizing" it

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	In appreciation of all your high quality work on Pakistan-related articles on Wikipedia that I have come across since 2012. I realize you are an experienced editor and have been active for many years. I have nothing but respect for all your work. Thanks and Best Regards Ngrewal1 (talk) 22:25, 29 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

— Preceding unsigned comment added by NadirAli (talk • contribs) 02:42, May 30, 2018 (UTC)

I've "verticalised" it. But the new design, honestly, sucks. Your choice surely; I would have preferred the standard horizontal one. ~~I_0urclc5~~ 04:37, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

To editor Lourdes:, thank you very much. I am wondering from your comment, do you know how to make it horizontal? As in aligned equally. I wouldn't mind trying that one either. Thank you very much, this is very helpful.--NadirAli نادر علی (talk) 05:30, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

I am worried that I should not have removed the top "re-directing" line from this page. Please repair. Srbernadette (talk) 04:43, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed TheDoctorWho (talk) 04:46, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Ovum Logo

Hi,

Thank you for updating the Ovum Logo on this page - https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Ovum_Ltd.

Although up to date, the current image is pixelated and has a grey background.

Could you please use this picture instead as the logo? - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ovum+logo&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB773GB774&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikpZTMia3bAhUIAsAKHR_5D_8Q_AUICigB&biw=1922&bih=976#imgrc=HhC-XjmXvtImCM:

If this doesn't work try this link: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ovum+logo&rlz=1C1GCEA_enGB773GB774&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwikpZTMia3bAhUIAsAKHR_5D_8Q_AUICigB&biw=1922&bih=976#imgrc=wDbfA_6Z5V4F8M:

Thank you, Gabriel Gabraad (talk) 09:12, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The 'Walter Conway' page

How can I delete the 'Cite error' references? John Desmond (talk) 11:20, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In the error messages the words "help page" are in blue, indicating that they are wikilinks, in this case to Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:30, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You might restore the original reference definitions that you deleted with this edit.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 11:37, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed A bot has rescued the damaged or missing refs. However, the page is rather 'essay-like' (unencyclopedic) and could probably do with more sources. Eagleash (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Pic usage

A wrestling company is using a photo I took and uploaded to Wikipedia without my permission in promotional materials and flyers. Is this allowed per the rights assigned to the image? Do I or Wikipedia have any recourse? --Endlessdan (talk) 15:13, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Endlessdan: You released the image under the creative commons license: [1]. It allows for reuse provided that the image is attributed to you. RudolfRed (talk) 15:22, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@RudolfRed: I did not receive any attribution for the image.--Endlessdan (talk) 15:25, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The copyright on that image belongs to you, not to Wikipedia. Therefore Wikipedia has no recourse. You have recourse, but that's between you and the offending company. I recommend a polite communication asking them about their copyright policy -Arch dude (talk) 16:10, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Creative Commons FAQ has some information on what to do if someone violates the terms of a Creative Commons license. As Arch dude says, getting in contact with the offending organization is the best first step. The lack of attribution may have simply been an oversight that they're willing to fix. Creative Commons also maintains a list of lawyers who can advise people in Creative Commons related matters, though Creative Commons itself doesn't offer legal advice and neither does Wikipedia. clpo13_(talk) 16:46, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How to spot astroturfing?

Before I edit articles on businesses or major software products, how do I spot astroturfing within products, or paid editing? I don't know if there's a relevant policy page on astroturfing, but it'd be good to know. --Chelston-temp-1 (talk) 16:58, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Our policy is at WP:PAID. A paid editor must declare this to adhere to the site's terms of service. Spotting this is not precisely our goal. Our goal is to make sure all articles have a notable subject (WP:NOTABLE) and maintain a neutral point of view (WP:NPOV). Basically as a editor if you see stuff that doesn't seem neutral to you, then fix it. -Arch dude (talk) 17:22, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref

@Dannshort42: This is your only edit. Which article has the reference error? RudolfRed (talk) 18:08, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Exlcuding Lua from RD archive search

Sometimes I like to search the ref desk archives for questions I contributed to. I use the search box at WP:RD and it produces the search string of "RudolfRed prefix:Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives". Some of the results are in the Lua archives. For example: Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Lua/Computing/January_2013. The Lua results don't interest me. I know I can just ignore them, but I am interested to know if there is a way to exclude them from the search results? RudolfRed (talk) 18:30, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

RudolfRed The experimental script SearchSuite is your friend. For instance this results page sorts by year within refdesk and brings the 5 Lua pages together: Noyster (talk), 16:00, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Noyster: Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out. RudolfRed (talk) 22:12, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

New version to upload for image file

Re: File:Winchester Virginia Seal.jpg

The City of Winchester has provided me with the modified version of their seal. I tried to upload the new image to the file with no success. Thanks. Hoppyh (talk) 18:31, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As I can see you successfully uploaded this new version to File:Winchester_Virginia_Seal.jpg. Ruslik_Zero 20:35, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks...I guess there was a delay in the update of the file. See Winchester, Virginia—Is there a delay on the update of the link in the infobox of the city’s article? Hoppyh (talk) 20:56, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Hoppyh: looks like the updated image appears in the article now. In the future, if you see a delay in article content being updated (particularly with images), you can try to purge the page's cache on the server and force the most recent version to appear. clpo13_(talk) 20:59, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did a purge...the old seal is still in the infobox. Thanks again. Hoppyh (talk) 21:08, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Hoppyh: I see you removed the image completely from Winchester, Virginia. I have restored it and the new version appears for me. New versions of images sometimes take time to be updated in articles. Purging the article usually doesn't help. Sometimes you just have to wait. commons:Help:Purge#Advanced manual thumbnail purging says: "When there is a foolproof method for updating thumbnails or forcing them to re-render, rest assured, we will let you know." PrimeHunter (talk) 11:40, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thanks...I also needed to clear my browser to get the new image.Hoppyh (talk) 11:51, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Bulleted list overlapping image

At Angels_Flight#Evaluation, the bulleted list overlaps the thumbnail image on teh left. I remember at some point coming across a solution that would allow a bulleted list to correctly appear alongside a thumbnail image, but I can't find it now. Anyone remember how to fix this? --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:40, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Figured it out. It was {{flowlist}} that I was looking for. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 19:16, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of number-one hits (Germany)

Hello, I am currently reworking the list List of number-one hits (Germany) and for whatever reason everything get's small after I use the Template:Hidden. If you compare the size of the words in the sections "Artist with the most number-one hits" and "Songs with the most weeks at number-one", you'll see that I mean. Anybody who can help me with this issue?--Lirim | T 18:53, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. If you use {{div col}}, you need to end it with a {{div col end}}. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 19:00, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Is there a plagiarism check bot?

Hello, unfortunately it seems that most of the article Medical sociology has been copy/pasted from a few text books. I've identified the two main sources on the talk page of the article. Most of the this content is from an IP address. I'm willing to add replacement content but I'm wondering if there is a plagiarism bot that can delete the copy/pasted material. I 'm afraid very little of the article's body is not copy/pasted. AugusteBlanqui (talk) 20:44, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@AugusteBlanqui: There is User:CorenSearchBot, but apparently it is not active. I'm not sure if there are any others like it. RudolfRed (talk) 20:51, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the copyright problems at Wikipedia:Copyright problems are found by a bot, while the rest are manually reported. You can report your finding there if you do not wish to take action yourself. An article with substantially no non-violating content should be replaced in its entirety with a specific template: see Wikipedia:Copyright violations. This follows our agressive policy to adhere to copyright law. Do first check that the textbook did not copy from Wikipedia in the first place: this has been known to happen. -Arch dude (talk) 21:02, 30 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I followed the instructions at Wikipedia:Copyright violations. I blanked the page, based on your evaluation that the copying was extensive and there was nothing salvageable. If you want to see the text to attempt to rescue some of it, please use the previous version, but ensure that you do not propagate the error. I placed the templates and listed the article, so the usual copyvio volunteers can handle it from there, I hope. I have never actually done this before, so we will find out. We need then to get involved because someone with admin rights must delete all the old revisions if we do a salvage. -Arch dude (talk) 02:31, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]