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October 30

Catherine Carey

Ref number 8 is all in red. I had trouble with the IBSN number . Please leave in quote. Please fix if able - sorry.203.132.68.1 (talk) 02:05, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. I was able to fix the other issues with the reference except for the DOI. Where did you locate the DOI from? Are you sure that it's correct? I don't see it within the book that you're referencing here... ~Oshwah~^{(talk) (contribs)} 02:12, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NUCLEAR MOISTURE DENSITY GAUGE

Do i need to apply for a permit to import this instrument to my country or not?

You might do, you might not, you may be able to do so if you supply appropriate paperwork. I suspect that the third may apply.

Find out, regarding the meter, why it's a nuclear hazard. What is the material inside it, what is the strength of that source, and how is it housed? Then talk to your government importing department and see what their rules are. You may find (if the device is new) that its manufacturer can help - most governments will be far easier to deal with if you say, "This is a MoistureCo 500 meter, here is their shipping specification." than if you try to explain to the department, "Well, it's a machine, it has a source, I think it's about this powerful" in a more vague way. Bureaucracies respect paperwork.

You will also need to talk to the shipper. Generally this sort of equipment is fairly easy to transport, provided that they are notified beforehand.

There are internation rules, explort licences etc. to control nuclear proliferation. However these rules are sensible: most sources used for measurement are so small that they are outside these regulations. However if you are in a country which is on an international watch list (has your government annoyed America lately?) such as North Korea or Cuba, then there may be a simple ban in place. PNG should be no problem though. If you ship through Australia, then the Australian customs people are fanatical about contraband coming into the country, but are helpful if you are honest and open with them and declare it in advance. Andy Dingley (talk) 10:21, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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recover account goinsgarrett618

on my phone i want access to my wikipedia account. I have tried several times. you M.F. done piss me off. either you contact me or i delete my account. immediately!!!!!. -i need to be able to log in. i forgot password. need assistant!!!!! damnit!!!

I've had problems with passwords on my phone in the past. It's worth checking on a standard keyboard in case there is some layout difference that is affecting the typing of your password. There's no need to get upset. If you have lost the login information but had provided an email address, you can recover your login information; see Help:Reset password for details. If you had not entered an e-mail address when signing up for your account, there are a few rather technical ways of recovering a lost password that require either AutoWikiBrowser or a committed identity; see Help:Logging in#What if I forget the password? for details. If you don't have any of those either, there is no way for Wikipedia to recover lost login information, and you will have to create a new account. You can then link on your talk page to your old account and explain what happened. Dbfirs 08:49, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:aa00:4090:ec88:ba97:e4ea:f051 (talk • contribs) 30 October 2018 09:21 (UTC)

Hello, please state which page you are encountering problems with. There are no other edits from the IP address used to post here. Eagleash (talk) 10:31, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help with user changing a name space page something completely different?

User Merkeig was making a number of unrelated edits to Lhotka u Radnic that caught my attention from Recent Changes and I was going to revert but then got an error as, while I was reverting, they moved the article to Rules Of Renovation (which doesn't follow naming convention, if I understand it correctly), un-commented their promotional paragraphs (with citations), and left me very confused.

Is this as bad as I think it is? Assuming Good Faith, is there still a copy of the orginal article that they were just working from? What's the course of action here? --Cheers! Elfabet (talk) 12:16, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The history is still there, but it will need an admin to restore the history and maintain the attribution. --David Biddulph (talk) 12:28, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This is a re-creation of a page that failed a deletion vote in May - Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rules_of_Renovation. (Wikipedia mirror Revolvy has the text from before the deletion, which seems to be basically what has been put in the new article.) I assume the bizarre method of re-creation was in a belief this would attract less notice than creating a new page? TSP (talk) 12:31, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, TSP, what next steps can we take to get this taken care of? Should I just revert to the original text - or are you implying that won't fix the name? What's the best info to leave on the user's talk page to broach this? Elfabet (talk) 13:47, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately because the user has edited the redirect at Lhotka u Radnic, you can't just move it back. I've reverted the content, and put a request on Wikipedia:Requested moves to request an admin move it back. I guess on the user's talk page one of us should just explain what has been done and why; that this is a bad thing to do, and any repeat of anything similar is likely to result in a ban. An admin may decide this is obviously malicious enough to be ban-worthy in itself. TSP (talk) 14:23, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Elfabet: I've left a message on the user's talk page, as the page has now been restored. TSP (talk) 14:58, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Question about disambiguation pages

I have a question about disambiguation pages here on Wikipedia. Is there a rule or policy about the following issue? When we list the items on a disambiguation page, are we supposed to include/exclude a grammatical article (such as "a" or "the")? So, just for an example, let’s look at the page Duh. Which of the following should the very first entry be?

DUH (band), California-based noise and alternative rock outfit

or

DUH (band), a California-based noise and alternative rock outfit

Also, where are the rules and policies for disambiguation pages? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 13:33, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The examples in MOS:DAB include an article where appropriate. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:38, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:48, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rowland Barran

I have added a photo file and it has mucked up. Please place it closer to the top of the page in between the two portraits. thanks Srbernadette (talk) 22:52, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Srbernadette I am not sure I understand you: in which order did you want the pictures? Huldra (talk) 23:16, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]