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September 9

What is wrong with this doi please?

In Forests in Turkey as you can see there is an error for the “Bilir, Nebi” cite. I looked at the help info but I am not very familiar with doi and am struggling to figure out the problem. Any clues appreciated. Chidgk1 (talk) 06:54, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Chidgk1: You had an incomplete DOI value; fixed here. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:24, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Political

Sdpi secular dermicular party of India member kolar 2409:40F2:3E:A219:8555:7203:C2D9:FE32 (talk) 11:25, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, did you have a question about editing Wikipedia? Qcne (talk) 13:28, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question frame

I do not have the question frame on the main page Mlshettle (talk) 20:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Does Wikipedia:Help_desk#Search_tool give you the answer? -- Hoary (talk) 22:11, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, @Mlshettle. What do you mean by the "question frame"? If you are talking about the search bar, try unzooming your page. win8x (talking | spying) 22:29, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

search box

where the hell is the search box? IT appeared once and then disappeared. 74.128.146.116 (talk) 21:17, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps Wikipedia:Help desk#Search tool will help. -- Hoary (talk) 22:12, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now archived at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2024 September 6#Search tool. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:19, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Search box

What happened to the search box. I can't find it. Tcool57 (talk) 14:57, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Tcool57 It is still there but takes various forms (e.g. a magnifying-glass icon) depending on your device and zoom level. See Wikipedia:Help_desk/Archives/2024 September 6#Search tool for more details. Mike Turnbull (talk) 15:01, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Finding date in a URL from archive.org

How can a person determine the date of an archive at archive.org when the date does not appear on the page? archive-url= requires |archive-date= says, "... the archival date can be found in the |archive-url=; ...", but it doesn't explain how to find the date.

For example, I'm looking at https://web.archive.org/web/20190329223116/https://catalog.afi.com/Person/151033-Victor-Potel I can see that the first eight digits might be interpreted as indicating March 29, 2019, but that's just my guess. Does Wikipedia have a guide somewhere with more on this topic? Eddie Blick (talk) 21:32, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First eight digits of the timestamp: YYYYMMDDhhmmss: 20190329223116 → 2019-03-29 or 29 March 2019 or March 29, 2019.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 21:49, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The page the OP cited (and all other Wayback Machine pages I've seen) also includes the archive date, in yellow, near the right of the "capture bar" at the top of the screen. Deor (talk) 22:58, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, @Trappist the monk and @Deor. I appreciate that feedback. Now I can resume adding archive links to citations. Eddie Blick (talk) 01:09, 11 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

photo upload

Hello- I recently tried to upload a photo that I took of Renate Stendhal, for her wikipedia page. The photo was deleted, so I tried again and then my account was blocked for a week. I don't understand why I am unable to upload a photo which I took, so I own the rights to? Laurenmarler (talk) 22:16, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

You have no blocks on the English Wikipedia. You were blocked on Commons for disregarding warnings. You'll need to ask there about it, though connected, Commons is a separate project. 331dot (talk) 22:27, 9 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

c:User talk:Laurenmarler gives the reasons for the deletions. That page contains plenty of links to further explanations. If you still don't understand, c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright is where to ask. If you do understand the issues involved and want to appeal against the deletion, try c:Commons:Undeletion requests. -- Hoary (talk) 00:29, 10 September 2024 (UTC) [revised][reply]

c:Help _desk might also help. I'm really only responding because it gives me an excuse to begin my response with ::[[:c: Maproom (talk) 06:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Long story short: you apparently didn't correctly enter information to show that you took the photo and are releasing the rights under the appropriate licence – without this information, Commons cannot know that you are not using someone else's copyright and un-released photo. The fact that you tried to re-upload it, still without the necessary information correctly entered, re-inforced the impression that you were uploading it illicitly.

Note that the warnings and explanations given on your Commons Account Talk page are standard, and may not completely match this case, but you need to follow the instructions and go through the proper procedures.

Please understand that people try to upload other's copyright images without legal permission very frequently, so Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons have to follow strict procedures to avoid hosting (and being legally liable for) copyright infringement. Hope this helps. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.83.137 (talk) 08:24, 10 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]