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December 23

Wierdness with template:Title number

Where is the best place for help on templates like Template:Title number?

I've created User:Naraht/John's Foo season 4 contestants and grabbed the source for that template used SUBPAGENAME rather than BASEPAGENAME (since it is in my userspace and the first title number it generates is 39 and the second is 4 (the only one it generates should be 4.) My original issues were in Catspace and this is for experimentation. OTOH User:Naraht/Johns_Foo_season_4_contestants (note no quote) is fine. So it can't handle the apostrophe???Naraht (talk) 15:10, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

@Naraht: Yes, BASEPAGENAME and SUBPAGENAME are returning a version of the name where the apostrophe has been HTML-encoded as '. The workaround for this is to pass the name to "#titleparts". I've added two lines to your sandbox as a demonstration. Perhaps post at Template talk:Title number to ask if this should be done by default. -- John of Reading (talk) 15:50, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Given the limited activity on the talk page (and indeed the template page), I decided to reach out to the original author of that template, but linked back here.Naraht (talk) 17:06, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Done Worked with template author who implemented John of Reading's change.

Help adding image to Infobox

Trying to put image in info box.

For this article: Nicholas Birns - Wikipedia

I am trying to place the subject's image in the infobox using the image in Wikimedia commons that is here:

File:71735021568 2B229B72-7B34-435D-B94A-0D1DC717E17D.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

It won't show up in the correct place. Can you assist me? Grateful for help. Kmccook (talk) 18:42, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Don't worry. I've placed the image at the right spot. Do you need any further assistance or questions regarding where to place images at the right spot? Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 18:45, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Being harassed by user

Hi. I believe I'm being harassed by an user who is going after any and all edits I'm making without reason getting rid of them. They use their wikipedia friends to gang up on me and intimidate me. They're getting rid of what I've added that is sourced and adding unsourced information or leaving it unsourced. Longislandtea (talk) 20:04, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

This is not the forum to raise grievances with the behavior of other users. That is done at WP:ANI, but be aware that your actions will be examined as well. 331dot (talk) 20:09, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

You're not being harassed. You're engaging in an inappropriate behavior called genre warring, and you're making inappropriate accusations against people who are trying to explain the correct process to you. Your only steps forward right now are either to listen to what's being said, or to leave the article alone. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:08, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

There is a difference between what feels like harassment and actual harassment which is not permitted. Rather what you find yourself in is a situation where you're having trouble understanding the policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. TiggerJay (talk) 00:57, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Then please explain to me why genres that are sourced on the page of Fetch the bolt cutters are being removed for seemingly no reason? Aren't the genres supposed to be sourced? Longislandtea (talk) 02:59, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure I can explain it any better than @User:Tbhotch has been trying to tell you at length for a while now. You have a few options going forward: You can solicit assistance in the form of a third opinion over at WP:THIRD. And, while 331dot mentioned WP:ANI I would discourage it because this does not actual meet the primary criteria of "urgent incidents or chronic, intractable behavioral problems" which despite your feelings this does not meet that criteria, instead I would suggest WP:DISPUTE as recommended by the ANI page. You could reach out to a recently active admin but again I would suggest THIRD or DISPUTE processes first. TiggerJay (talk) 04:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)