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December 14

Question for administrator

Can i get a copy of the page i did, it was for university and i need it for my assignment. thanks --Andreuni993 (talk) 00:52, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

(moved from talk) '''[[User:CanonNi]]''' (talk • contribs) 01:53, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

@Andreuni993 If you are on desktop, on the "Tools" bar there should be a "Download as PDF" option. I'm not sure which exact article you are referring to, but keep in mind that Wikipedia might not be an acceptable source for university assignments. Tutwakhamoe (talk) 04:21, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

I have looked up your contributions and can't find any page that you did. Or maybe you are talking about User:Andreuni993/sandbox that has been deleted because it violated the rules? ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 04:45, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Andreuni993, I have trouble believing that a course at any university would invite its students to submit, or to submit work based on, fawning profiles such as this. -- Hoary (talk) 05:44, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't think I was meant to upload it I think I did it on accident when I tried to create a link to the sandbox sorry for any trouble that this may have caused Andreuni993 (talk) 16:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Moved from talk -- John of Reading (talk) 16:48, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

@Andreuni993: If you enable email at Special:Preferences then I can mail you a copy of the deleted page. It's not suited for Wikipedia. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:22, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Think i have managed to enable my email once again sorry for any inconvenience Andreuni993 (talk) 14:32, 15 December 2024 (UTC)

Moved from talk -- John of Reading (talk) 07:54, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

@Andreuni993: I have mailed you the content of the deleted page. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:57, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

How do I link category language links?

I created a category document Category:South Korean LGBTQ artists and I want to link it to the Korean Wikipedia document '분류:대한민국의 성소수자 미술가 [ko]', but the link is not working. If possible, please help me connect it. Melonsida (talk) 08:55, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

That links works for me. You need to click on the blue "ko" text, not the red hangul text. Maproom (talk) 09:13, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

The language link connection with 'ko' is not working. I heard that it is possible to create a link with wikidata. If possible, please connect it. Melonsida (talk) 09:16, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Melonsida, I have created the link via Wikidata. TSventon (talk) 11:20, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Thank you very much! Melonsida (talk) 11:23, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Melonsida there is a tutorial at d:Help:Linking Wikipedia pages. I followed the steps and the Wikidata item was created automatically. I then looked at the Wikidata item for Category:Indian LGBTQ artists and added similar statements to the new Wikidata item. TSventon (talk) 11:43, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

How do I delete a wikidata document?

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Category:South_Korean_LGBTQ_artists

I accidentally created this document without knowing it, and I don't know how to delete the wikidata document. Please delete it. Melonsida (talk) 11:29, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

I have tagged it with {{Delete}}, hopefully that works. TSventon (talk) 13:41, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

raising funds

Is Wikipedia a charity in Australia? or a deductable gift recipient in Australia. I am in a number of state based Australian charity oganisation, we do not have a platform like Wikipedia to gain funding. As a full time volunteer with little to no extra funds to pass to another charity I think it is rude to force anyone to donate to a cause. How many users are doing it tough no money and Wikipedia belittles people. 2001:8003:329B:400:15F5:62CB:542:F0F8 (talk) 12:03, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Hello. I don't know the answer to your first question, but for all information about donating, please go to donate:FAQ. None of the volunteers who monitor this page have any involvement whatever with the fundraising activities of the Wikimedia Foundation.

I'm guessing that you are reacting to the requests for donations that often appear at the top of Wikipedia pages (which are not "forcing" anybody to donate). One of the side benefits of creating an account is that you can set a preference to suppress these messages. ColinFine (talk) 14:22, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Bullet and other formatting codes to use in messages?

Is there a code to make bullets when typing a message with subsidiary points to be made for clarity? (Perhaps part of a set of othas er related formatting codes?}

Incidentally, as FYI, I just deleted an earlier message I'd posted entitled "Cursor jumping" because I think it's something that would be better taken up with the Village Pump's Technical Issues people. So if any of you on the Help Desk staff saw that message and wondered it was deleted, now you know. Augnablik (talk) 12:59, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

You can use "*" (starting a line) to create a bulleted list item, or "#" to create a numbered list item. See WP:Wikitext#Lists. ColinFine (talk) 14:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Colin to the rescue once again! Thank you. Augnablik (talk) 15:09, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Also see Help:Cheatsheet for a summary of wilitext formatting codes, and Help:Wikitext for a more complete description. CodeTalker (talk) 17:31, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Oh, yes, I overlooked the Cheatsheet that my mentor once suggested. Not sure I knew of Wikitext. Thank you, @CodeTalker. Augnablik (talk) 09:29, 15 December 2024 (UTC)