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June 29

Can I change a container category into a regular category?

Hi there, I received a notification when editing Category_talk:Israeli_women that the help desk might be a better place to ask, so -

Currently, Israeli women is a container category. However, it has few pages in its subcategories and seems analogous to Jewish women or Women in Israel, which do allow adding individual people to the category. Also, Israeli Jews is conceptually and demographically bigger than Israeli women, which is not constrained to being a container category.

Would it be possible for me to change the category type for Category:Israeli women to allow for categorizing individual people's pages to it?

Tamar Marvin (talk) (contribs) 04:36, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Not a good idea IMO. There are a lot of notable Israeli women, so WP:DIFFUSE applies. Also note that Category:Jewish women explicitly states that "Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category" (so the women that are listed shouldn't be there) and Category:Women in Israel doesn't have any individuals as entries. Clarityfiend (talk) 09:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Using Wikipidea

Hi Everyone I have a site https://printersvalley.com/ and I want to use some Wikipedia pages in it, is there some kind of API available for it ? I don't know I am confused ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bunty9120 (talk • contribs) 13:23, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there is an API, Bunty9120. You need to read this page on mediawiki. I suggest you also read WP:REUSE. Good luck.... Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:14, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

How to clear notification section on my talk page?

My notification message history is too long and I want to clean notification history section from my talk page. Is there a shortcut for this action? The Supermind (talk) 13:34, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In general, there are two options for your Talk Page, The Supermind. Either set up archiving (see Help:Archiving (plain and simple)) or edit the whole page manually from time to time in order to delete the bits you no longer want. I don't use archiving on my Talk Page but every six months or so I edit out parts of it, knowing they can always be found again in the Page History if ever wanted. Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:10, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Navboxes not correctly displayed

Hi everyone. I just saw that two navigation boxes at the bottom of Yuzuru Hanyu's bios page are not correctly displayed. I can only see:

#invoke:Navbox

#invoke:Authority control

What's the reason behind that and how can that issue be fixed? Thank you very much in advance Henni147 (talk) 15:00, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Henni147: It seems like that page has reached a template limit, here specifically the post-expand include size. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 15:45, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Victor Schmidt mobil: Thank you very much for the quick reply Henni147 (talk) 15:51, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Am I allowed to download app to my labtop?

Hi am I allowed to download app on my labtop? WP;Yellowbird3 (talk) 17:21, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@WP;Yellowbird3: which app? -Arch dude (talk) 17:47, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

contribution

I want to contribute some money this week, but don't see a button for it. I don't know if I have a log-in, but my hands shake so I usually mess up passwords. 130.51.37.120 (talk) 18:48, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Check out [1] for various ways to donate. RudolfRed (talk) 18:55, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I also advise you to check out Wikipedia finances before donating.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Shantavira I'm just curious as I've seen you make this post before, are you attempting to discourage people from donating? That's up to you if you are. 331dot (talk) 08:54, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I just think people should be well informed before parting with their money. I suspect their money could be better spent, but it up to them to make an informed decision. If I wanted to discourage people from donating (although generosity is always to be encouraged) I would probably point them to (the unfortunately named) WP:CANCER. Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:06, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Creating and Editing

How do I add a new bio? Also, I would like to edit some existing bios Dawglaw (talk) 23:24, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawglaw: Are there multiple in-depth, non-routine, independent sources about the person written by identifiable authors and published in outlets with competent editorial oversight that fact-checks, discloses, corrects, and retracts? —Jéské Couriano v^_^v ^{a little blue Bori} 23:26, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawglaw: We welcome articles about any notable subject, for our definition of "notable": see WP:N. We will delete any attempted article about non-notable subject. If your subject is notable, proceed to WP:YFA, and we can help you. -Arch dude (talk) 06:32, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your assistance. I'm new at this, so I will need to work on editing basics and maybe attempt a new article sometime in the distant future. Dawglaw (talk) 14:30, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent plan. Wikipedia can use your contributions, but starting with editing existing articles is by far the best way for you (and everyone else) to start contributing. Happy editing! - R. S. Shaw (talk) 19:14, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Dawglaw: Feel free to edit any article, if you have reliable sources. See WP:RS. Make sure to cite your sources. If another editor disagrees with you, they may choose to revert your edit and you can then discuss it. see WP:BRD. We feel an obligation to be especially rigorous sbout statement about living persons: see WP:BLP -Arch dude (talk) 06:40, 30 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]