Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/August 2018
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August 1
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- Creating Wikipedia pages for a client
- What is this symbol?
- Help me writing Link
- I want to add my name as an Syrian oil painter
- Vandalism in search results
- Video file
- first edit
- WIKI help in creating a new WIKI Page
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error references no text
- Could it be that the cancer is in remission?
- Deleted page/article
- Advice about possible COI editing on Berkeley College
- Publishing article
- What to do about the racism and western centric biases I face here?
August 2
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- Really Red
- The Indian-flag-designed-by-a-hyderabadi-woman ( Suraiya Badruddin Tayyabji)
- Wrong picture
- Loren Gray
- Maintenance categories
- Setting up a Wikipedia page for Freshworks/Freshdesk
- Deletion
- Editing the Two Ton Baker article
August 3
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- Concerning about Buddha Birth Place.
- Template Infobox artist
- Copyright
- Issue with article https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Datta_Meghe_College_of_Engineering
- Potentially (ongoing) compromised account
- Is it possible to transfer contributions from one account to another?
- Roth Capital Partners Wikipedia page has been vandalized.
- NCAA Division 1 basketball most overtimes
- List of 2018 Albums
- Bot that reverts certain content additions
August 4
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- Roth Capital Partners, capitalisation
- Problem with WP:ERRORS
- Use of "(radio series)" in titles
- Bizarre stuff at Sever's disease
- There should be a disambiguation page for Slender Man and/or Slenderman.
- Gary The Goat
- Notifying all other editions of Wikipedia at once
- Why can't new users create new articles?
August 5
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- How to find my book in Wikipedia
- DOUBLE JEOPARDY
- Not happy with the Anti-conservative wiki posts
- 2019 MLB All-Star Logo
- Autoconfirmed
- Mahatama gandhi....
- I wish to quit editing. How to do it? ---
- Search by infobox parameter?
- Help with reflinks
- John Lear
- Daily Counter
August 6
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- Where are wikidata links recorded?
- Minor edits
- Where can I see the deleted pages?
- COI and other issues
- Template map size
- Help changing page name.
- Coord template within Location map template does not work properly
- User talk:Carriearchdale
- 2018 MLB Postseason Logos
- How do I declare an alternative account to the Arbitration Committee?
- foreign language quote, indented?
- Can one add a translation= at the quote template?
- Finding an image
August 7
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- Wikidata alerts
- Add more relevant information to page
- Delete Irrelevant Sections from a Page
- How to create a company business page ?
- How to put together an article about a non-profit not already on Wikipedia
- Jimmy Brown ex Footballer
- Removed
- New User - New Edits
August 8
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- Reverting edits by a single user across multiple pages
- How to create a new item?
- How long could a item be published after edtied?
- How to delete an useless information?
- Embedding OSM map
- Replacing an erroneous image
- Article content does not belong here
- When the address to my father's page is copied and pasted it will NOT display and insteads redirects to a "article not found" when the page is actually there.
August 9
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- Adding external links to an article from a PDF file located on my computer
- Jay Panchamiya- The Pianist
- Infinix headquater
- Wikipedia's wordmark typeface
- Relatively new and trying to edit a photo
- Catalan or Spanish
- delete my pages https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMK_Karya_Guna_2_Bekasi
- Update logo and other text on a Private School's page
- Blue link without an article
- Wikidata and duplicate display of geophysical coordinates
- Posting a Picture
- Bonnie and Clyde problem
August 10
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- How to locate the record of question?
- The quantity limitation of question asked everday?
- The decades articles 2000s, 1990s and others
- Iván Duque Marquez
- Requesting sources
- Why doesnt Wikipedia sue other companies that use similar content and software
- Talk page archive
- Add image to default portal link icon
- firing for nothing at all
- 2018-19 NBA season
August 11
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- Automatic numbering rows on a table?
- How long 'til page is published?
- How long til approved?
- Section headings
- My article has been rejected because it is about multiple potteries.
August 12
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- Minor redirect clean-up - best process if any?
- Stop accidental rollbacks
- Delta_IV_Heavy#Upcoming_launches
- What do with obvious non-declared COI editing that abides by discussion rules??
- Assessing consensus
August 13
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- Adding a Youtube video as a reference.
- How to reedit item after published?
- Is there any other language could be used when edting an item?
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- Using some old photos taken in Japan via 1979
- 2018-19 United states tv Schedule
- What's the deal with the user right headers?
- How to edit references?
August 14
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- notwithstanding ( not comparable)
- Thomas Davis (priest)
- Categorisation for people trying multiple times
- FRSLABS DRAFT APPROVAL
- Help !
- Column formatting
- How long does it usually take to process a copyright violation on English Wikipedia?
- Gray box at top of history at International Congress of Mathematicians
- Kennedy_Space_Center_Launch_Complex_39
- Responding to comments
- Ref date consistency in talk page
- Module mistake
- Some articles with page images do not show with page images icons in Special:Nearby lists
- Changing photograph
- FA suggestions??
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
August 15
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- Margery Wentworth
- Most livable cities in the world 2018
- Using sfn to distinguish between books by the same authors published in the same year
- What happened to Wikipedia's partnership with HighBeam?
- Subj's; Nicholas II, and U.S.S.R.
- Removing templates message on the top of the Winnipeg Table Hockey League (WTHL) page
- Addis Ababa Zoo Park Center
- SLANDER https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/InfoWars
- Trying to add an image to a Wiki page after uploading it through Commons
- What exactly does it mean if a template is "deprecated"?
- Linking to an article based on its Wikidata id
August 16
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- procedure to improve an already-deleted page
- Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
- A copy of Salvation Testment
- Bad interlanguage links (wikidata?)
- delete a page
- Change language in infobox
- Published author with a Wikipedia page
- ToC
- Matthew Falder
- Professor Correct Spelling
- ASCII Art strangeness
- Moving fair-use images from Commons
- microcytosis
- Changing an article header
- Mobile Formating
- Footnote linking to wrong reference
August 17
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- JSTOR Access
- KHAWAJA REAZUDDIN ATASH
- Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham
- amitor
- Transwiki notification
- Bravissimo company page
- Does nationality need to be verified?
- Dragon boat
- the WIKI Page: Sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
- Publishing
- Uploading a Page on Wikipedia
August 18
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- Imran Khan
- Scam external link
- Kinderdijk
- Problem with content of history of "Bhumihar" topic of Wikipedia
- Problem with Peruvian location maps and Zip files
August 19
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- Another map problem
- LT Bobby Ross
- AC/DC CORRECTIONS
- Adding hidden text to a citation
- Giving accounts to other people
- Retirement
- How to create preview text for Wikipedia searches
- HARD COPY REFERENCES
- The Three-Revert Rule
August 20
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- How to correctly do a template
- ez wider
- Categories
- Infobox issues
- John from Idegon
- Hello!
- Ensuring up to date research/references for an article for a company
- Someone keeps reposting inaccurate information about me
- List of 2018 albums
- RECUPERATE ACCOUNT
- Glen Affric
- Spider-Man in film
August 21
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- I just fullfilled one :Category:Wikipedia requested images, adding one image to Bragança Paulista. How do I remove this article from the list?
- How to Correct Article Subtitle (as it appears on mobile, Wikipedia Beta app)
- Cliffe Castle Museum
- Notability questions
- help
- Why can't create Topic Miss Grand International
- Is transclusion as wrapped in <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> possible?
- Jenny Thomann-Koller
- Re: New Page Submission
- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
August 22
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- Redirect Issue
- I need to change the page name
- To block my username
- how to get your wikipedia page accepted
- Help for chinese writing
- Reminders to self?
- Página pessoal
- Lyrics
- User Review2018 vandalism
- How do I uncreate an article
- Question about adding a business profile listing
August 23
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- Adding a new category?
- The true origin of Romanian people -the edited article is incomplete How do I make additions ? Q2:The Primary andf Secondary Sources
- Autoconfirmed, yet not?
- Problems editing table
- Citation bot
- An addage to Wikipedia's Howard University graduate alumni notables
- Following up on a page I created
- Zaandijk
- Lynyrd Skynyrd Current Band Members
- Editing problem
- missing article and deletion log
August 24
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- Is my submission 'important' enough for a wiki?
- Sustainable Development Goals of 2030
- Azerbaijani language
- Missing article
- How to find all templates with specific string as part of parameter?
August 25
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- William Nassau Molesworth
- John Mogg (British Army officer)
- Lists with show / hide tables -- edit ?s
- How to search for HTML coding?
- NETV
- Tried to create account
- How to edit my article's title and opening paragraphs
- Why has the archiving here stopped?
- A little guide on analysing Wikipedia text locally
- I hate table markup
- Writing a wiki about a public figure
August 26
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- John Mogg (British Army officer)
- Help with "noindex" tag for article M. H. Krishna
- Julie Bishop MP (Australian politician)
- Bot for en.wikipedia
- About my watchlist
- New page creation for Vijay Babu Sreedharan - edit 1
- reference numbers
- Question
- Does this website work for anyone?
August 27
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- A lot of source website about "Miss Grand International" but can't create in wikipedia page (always was report by filipino)
- Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth
- Analyse the lyrics
- Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth
- Why do ants avoid salt? How does salt affect ants?
- Looking for Redlinks that meet a regex.
- Infobox colour change
- Writing about ourself
- Help:Cite errors/Cite error included ref
- How to deal with an obvious sock with an unknown master
- any lawyers here on copyright-themes?
- Odinic Rite
- Large Edits to Page
- Rollback Rights
- question about region label for Template:Coord
- Helping a disabled user
August 28
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- grosse pointe, city of
- Talk page of redirect
- Contributing
- My page was deleted?
- how do I rectify the year of birth which is incorrectly shown as 1919. Actual year of birth was 1918, and the musical fraternity in Mumbai has just celebrated Jaidevji's 100th Birth Anniversary
- Where to request local IP block exemption
- How to edit Special:Statistics
- Copyright violations of tables?
- List of 2018 albums
August 29
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- Usage of Blockquotes in the article text and citations
- Lord mayor
- Citing proof to substantiate criticism of article about a business enterprise
- My article got deleted
- Lord mayor
- Don't understand why you keep deleting the definition I am submitting
- Two talkpages
- Vertical galleries
- Question about Wikipedia reuse
- Editing my company's page
- Query to users of AWB or scripts
- donation
- Content Reversion
- Easy creation of an AfD discussion
- help with links
- Article history dragged along
- Eric Carr (Boxer)
- How to create/translate an official wikipedia page from an other language?
- Coming out of retirement in Wikipedia
- Name Correction Edits
- Blocked account
August 30
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- What are the advantages of creating an account?
- Bullock family
- Template
- Help:Please help with syntax on my ref name=JDavidB (FOLLOWUP)
- Mongol religion
- Pageview analysis - country information?
- Add a name to a page
- James Averdieck
- Couple of questions over
- Editor disputes on Talk:South African farm attacks
- Help with an edit that keeps being deleted after I submit it
August 31
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- languages that I want to use
- Hovering pop-ups
- Help needed from someone who understands Korean
- Edit needs to be "burned"
- Required status column for Telaga caste. Mark as Forward caste
- Automatic row numbering?
- Poland
- https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Dafer_Sahib#External_links
- What is difference between Teahouse and Help desk?
- Help repairing text of the website.
- Condensing multiple citations
- Nested infobox templates
- JOE (R&B Singer)
- adding an article
- Downloading and using images from Wikipedia
- No December 2018 Albums