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Semi-protected edit request on 5 September 2024
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Remove Moved to Wikipedia:Teahouse and add Moved to Wikipedia:Teahouse#Remove 112.208.236.135 (talk) 12:35, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- I'm not sure what you're trying to ask, but I've ended the temporary protection of the main Help Desk. 331dot (talk) 12:38, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
- did you really end the protection? I can't edit when I'm logged in. When I'm logged out the page goes through the motions, I can enter my text, but not save. La Zy-Hart (talk) 22:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
- The Help Desk is currently semi-protected due to disruption by a long term abuser, La Zy-Hart. Cullen328 (talk) 00:42, 23 September 2024 (UTC)
- did you really end the protection? I can't edit when I'm logged in. When I'm logged out the page goes through the motions, I can enter my text, but not save. La Zy-Hart (talk) 22:34, 22 September 2024 (UTC)
I opened a discussion about the Help desk header template
[edit]I'm pretty sure there's some kind of neutral discussion notice template I am supposed to subst here, but I couldn't find it so here's a link instead: Wikipedia talk:Help desk/Header § Reformattings. Yall may be interested in engaging, which is vacuously true but my attempt at an invitation. Folly Mox (talk) 17:40, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
Minor niggle
[edit]At the bottom of the Help Desk, there are two links both purporting to go to the top of the page. Neither does, though they go most of the way. If it were just one such link, I wouldn't complain; but while there are two, couldn't at least one of them do what it claims? Maproom (talk) 17:18, 15 November 2024 (UTC)
- If you are talking about the "To top of page" and the "navigation up/down arrows" they both work just fine for me on Chrome. I guess technically they put "Wikipedia Helpdesk" at they very top of my screen, neglecting the navigation tabs, is that what you're referring to? TiggerJay (talk) 01:02, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yes, that's what I'm referring to. As I wrote, they don't go to the top of the page. Maproom (talk) 08:21, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2024
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Please remove one level of = from the ===heading=== and add the following question:
Edit, revert, ghost—How to proceed?
[edit]I'm in a somewhat frustrating situation. On 3 November, Szelma W (talk · contribs) reverted (Special:Diff/1255250737) an edit of mine (Special:Diff/1255197206). On 5 November, I created Talk:List of Mersenne primes and perfect numbers#Recent reversion - is anything salvageable? to discuss the matter, as the revert's edit summary "It was better" didn't really give me a lot to go on.
And there, the discussion has stalled, as @Szelma W hasn't been on WP since 4 November. It appears they tend to contribute in small bursts about once a week (although I haven't noticed an obvious day-of-the-week pattern) and it's been two weeks with no edit activity. It's not like they're specifically ignoring me, they just haven't been around in a while. So there's no bad faith, but it's still frustrating for me as the memory of the various number theory pages I was working on at the time fades.
Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to proceed? My only real complaint is the lack of specificity in the original revert (I try to be a lot more encouraging when reverting a good-faith edit), but that wouldn't be a problem if there were subsequent discussion. 97.102.205.224 (talk) 15:25, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Done -- John of Reading (talk) 15:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)
Is this the correct way to add information?
[edit]can you help me?
"The head office is located in Zurich, with branch operations in Kenya and the United Arab Emirates, and subsidiaries in Canada, Hong Kong SAR, Pakistan, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The bank also has representative offices in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong SAR, Pakistan, and Türkiye. As of 31 December 2023, the bank employed a total of 7,629 people [5] in 559 offices." Is this correct way to add this information, I wrote it being quite neutral, and gave the necesery reference, if not what could I do to alternatively? Ateeb Ali Syed (talk) 04:38, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
- @Ateeb Ali Syed: Since you are autoconfirmed, please ask this at the proper page for the help desk. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 05:51, 2 December 2024 (UTC)