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January 3

How to add a hatnote?

Hi There Could you please help: I need instructions on how to add a hatnote to a title. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacques Koolen (talk • contribs) 01:46, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Does Wikipedia:Hatnote help? --Jayron32 01:54, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

To please correct error on Governor Alejandro García Padilla

I'm from Puerto Rico and I was at the taking of the oath of office to Governor-Elect Alejandro García Padilla today. In Wikipedia, Alejandro García Padilla appears as the 11th Governor of Puerto Rico; this is a mistake. He was sworn in today as the 10th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and someone named Ahnoneemoos is telling me I'm wrong. He must be confused, because in Puerto Rico, if a Governor wins another term he stays with the number of governor he gets when he takes the oath of office the first time. We do not give a number to every new governor, unless if it's their first term as governor of the island. In this case, Alejandro García Padilla sworn in today, January 2nd, 2013; is the 10th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They even mentioned it when he was taking office today. Thanks for your help. Please tell Ahnoneemoos, that I'm right, and if you don't correct this error, you'll just will have to because it's in Puerto Rico's history, he's the 10th Governor, no the 11th. Thanks again.

Sources: http://www.elnuevodia.com/minutoaminutodelajuramentaciondealejandrogarciapadilla-1419284.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/puerto-rico-inaugurates-governor-alejandro-garcia-padilla_n_2397832.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rubengarciar (talk • contribs) 02:46, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did notice that when this edit was reverted, the stated reason was: "...news sources are reporting this INCORRECTLY" - and the policy is that verifiability from reliable source(s) trumps "what I believe to be true". No? Shouldn't we go with the sources, and —if— they are incorrect, then find a -reliable- source which says so. Correct? ~:74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC) P.s.: The Huffington Post doesn't mention 10th/11th Governor (but your other source does specify: 10th)[reply]

Another source says "10th": Carribean Journal

Never-mind - footnote in article explains "ordinality" ambiguity. ~:modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 05:28, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved by adding an {{efn}} to the pertaining text. —Ahnoneemoos (talk) 20:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly 'dangerous' link

Resolved

Our article Nick Licata (politician) links http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2012/09/seattle-city-council-approves-new-arena/ as a reference. When I access this page (at least with Firefox 17.0.1), my CPU usage nearly pegs at maximum usage (4GB!) and I have to restart the browser. I'm wondering if it has this effect for others, and if so what we should do about the link. I do see enough to believe that it is a legitimate page on the site of the Seattle Times, but they appear to me to have screwed something up technically. - Jmabel | Talk 03:09, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I used Google Chrome to access it right now and it works for me. Do you have Google Chrome? If so, try using it to open that link. Futurist110 (talk) 05:07, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I use Firefox 17.0.1 on Linux and the page works fine. Exadrid (talk) 22:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

And now it's fine for me. They must have fixed their problem. - Jmabel | Talk 02:52, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Original research by synthesis

Is the table in this article (Historical Jewish population comparisons) original research by synthesis? Futurist110 (talk) 05:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The correct place to ask the question would be WP:RSN. I suggest however that you ask the question more clearly, as there were two different tables in the article, one of which you seem to have removed yourself. [1] AndyTheGrump (talk) 06:58, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I made that other table several months go but realized later on that it might be original research, and thus I removed it right now. Thank you for your response. Futurist110 (talk) 07:14, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Oops - I meant to link WP:ORN - sorry for the confusion. AndyTheGrump (talk) 08:47, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please Help

If i didnot do Vandalism and someone call it vandalism, what should i do? SpidErxD (talk) 05:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An example would help. If it's a single instance, then my advice would be to assume good faith and discuss your edits with the other editor. If someone is repeatedly labelling your edits as vandalism, that constitutes a personal attack: you should ask them to stop, and if they persist, report them to the incidents noticeboard. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:04, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Problem Facing on Post a biography of a living person

Hello Sir,

Greetings from Adventures 9 India.

We are a leading digital marketing agency in India. We have certain good and valuable topics about Indian culture and famous personalities. In fact we want to donate some amount to Wikipedia for its excellency in encyclopedia and social welfare.

We tried our best to donate some topic to Wikipedia but couldn't registered it properly. Hence for we request you to considered our request on priority basis for which we will be obliged.

Thanks & Regards Team Adventures 9 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Adventures9 (talk • contribs) 06:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User blocked for sockpuppetry, promotional editing and username violations. Yunshui 雲‍水 11:01, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"Electrocogualation sewerage treatment plant"

i request you to please include this topic "Electrocogualation sewerage treatment plant" in detail design and pcb requirement along with schematic drawing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.83.93.225 (talk) 07:18, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Unlikely, since that is not the correct terminology in English. An article on electrocoagulation already exists, however, and is mentioned in the list of waste-water (sewage) treatment technologies and industrial wastewater treatment articles. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 07:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How to submit my article

Hello, I wrote an article on my userpage. Now I want so submit it. How does this work and how do I submit it for review? Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anja Bertele (talk • contribs) 10:47, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

At the top of your draft article there is a box which contains a link (blue text) "Submit the page!". Clicking on that link will send your draft to the review process at the Articles for creation section. Roger (talk) 10:59, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(ec) Use the move link on your article page, which directs you to a special Move Page. On that page choose the right destination space (that would be 'Article', I suppose) and give the proper destination name (probably just 'Jan Konetzki'), give a reason (e.g. 'submitting to the main space') and finally click 'Move page'. --CiaPan (talk) 11:02, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

No. The OP specifically asked how to submit the draft to the review process, not to move it directly to mainspace, where IMHO, it would not survive for long in it's current state. The AFC process could help the article pass WP:Notability which it does not at present. Roger (talk) 11:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There Is No Longer A Website For WFJV-LP

There Is No Longer A Website For WFJV-LP And Their Old Website From When They Were A "Christian Talk Radio" Station Is Completely Unrelated To The Classic rock Radio Station That WFJV-LP Has Become; Although, This Radio Station Is Now Streaming Online. And, To The Best Of My Amateurish Capabilities, I'm Contributing My Knowledge Of These Updates, But Am By No Means A Talented "Wiki-Editor," By Any Stretch Of The Imagination. 98.229.132.126 (talk) 11:27, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What exactly are you asking for? That someone remove the link to the christian station website in the "External links" section? I'll take care of that. If you want any other eidts done feel free to make them yourself or post here. CTF83! 11:35, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Request - William Brandt of England

According to heritage, the first recording of the Brand (Brandt) surname within England was William Brandt around 1086. The surname Brand is found in many areas around the world which includes England, Scotland, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Israel and many other places. It is both a surname of Christians and also a surname of Jewish population.

I was wondering if a better Wikipedia page could be constructed, looking into greater depth of the surname. Maybe research could be made to identify who William Brandt was.

Famous Brand's (Brandt's) include... Karl Brandt (Hitler's doctor) Joel Brand (Holocaust survivor) Russell Brand (British comedian) Ralph Brand (Scottish footballer) Hennig Brand (German alchemist and physician) Esther Brand (South African athlete) Christoffel Brand (South African statesman)

It's only a request, don't worry if no information can be found.

Many thanks, Bradley. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.14.225.201 (talk) 13:18, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

None of that information is from anything even remotely resembling a reliable source. It reeks of the mail-order "heraldry and genealogy" databases which dump so much bogus information into the world. I suspect this alleged William Brandt is made up of whole cloth. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:59, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Lithuanian infobox

In Lithuanian Wikipedia, {{Infobox}} ({{Infolentelė}}) is transparent, and I believe for no reason. Could you make it gray like in English Wikipedia, because in such articles like Tikras kraujas other things get under the infobox and that's bad. And aesthetically it looks better when gray. Thank you very much! --Robotukas11 (talk) 16:14, 3 December 2012 (EET)

You should make your request at the Help Desk of the Lithuanian Wikipedia.--ukexpat (talk) 14:39, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Several names for one input

How to I add another possible name for the same input to a template? For example, Template:Infobox Settlement accepts 'website=' and I might want it to also accept 'official_site='. --عبد المؤمن (talk) 15:25, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Why? What kind of website would be used in the former that isn't the official website? Any other link would probably violate WP:EL.--ukexpat (talk) 15:44, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's generally bad to have two parameter names for the same thing. It causes confusion when different editors use different names, and the template language requires that each appearence of the parameter in the template code must have code to duplicate the name. It's not possible to specify in a single place that two names are aliases. Template:Infobox settlement is fully protected so you would have to make a suggestion at Template talk:Infobox settlement. It would require that {{{website}}} is replaced with {{{website|{{{official_site}}}}}}, and #if:{{{website|}}} is replaced with #if:{{{website|{{{official_site|}}}}}}. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I only mentioned this as an example; I may wish to do this to other templates where it would be useful because we may want to get rid of (several) outdated templates by redirecting to a single better one - without having to rename parameters on every single article. It is rather annoying that I can't specify two names as aliases in a simpler way... but thanks for telling me how this could be done. --عبد المؤمن (talk) 18:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Rajev Paul

This is to draw your attention that someone changed a Wikipedia page and add his personal wrong statements which should not be available in Wikipedia. Have a look here: Rajev Paul

Have a look some of the lines:

<<quoted vandalism removed>>

Please change the page before it misguide others. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Badda1212 (talk • contribs) 16:54, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for reporting this. Another editor has cleaned up the article, and I have given the vandal a final warning. I have also removed the text you copied here, since this page is regularly indexed by search engines. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:12, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Upload article

How do I upload article drawdonkin onto Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drawdonkin (talk • contribs) 18:00, 3 January 2013

There isn't an article drawdonkin. The place where you have written is a user page, not an article, but you should not be trying to write an autobiography, and not on your user page. There are a number of useful links on your user talk page, so you need to read those. If you were to move your user page into article space, it would immediately be deleted. - David Biddulph (talk) 18:17, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In fact the content of your user page probably steps over the line for what is acceptable for a user page. If you want somewhere to post your bio, try WikiBios, another wiki but unconnected with Wikipedia.--ukexpat (talk) 18:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Syrian civil war IS NOT THE TRUE TITLE OF REALITY

the Syrian civil war is a fabricated ideology by someone who wants the world to feel that what is going on in Syria is just another mid-east turmoil like many we have seen in the past, same old story like what we saw in Lebanon... Civil War picture gives the truth no JUSTICE..because there is no civil war in Syria..

the situation in Syria is not a civil war but clearly a case of Government Regime who will not accept democracy for the citizens of Syria..

The regime is killing and wiping out the citizens who wants democracy and freedom.

Killing peaceful demonstrators with sniper bullets, and then bombing their homes and streets and a complete neighborhood with rockets and war jets artillery.

the government have killed thousands of innocent people in the name of power, it is continuing to do so, the defecting soldiers are doing all the can to protect the Syrian citizens..

THAT IS THE TRUTH..PLEASE DO NOT MISLEAD THE WORLD WITH THIS BIG LIE OF "CIVIL WAR"

THE WAR OF THE SYRIAN DICTATORSHIP AGAINST THE PEOPLE OF SYRIA. OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEE THE MASS KILLING OF UNARMED INNOCENTS SYRIANS, THAT IS NOT CALLED A CIVIL WAR..WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT KILLING ITS PEOPLE, THE GOVERNMENT IS NOT A CIVIL ENTITY..PLEASE TELL THE WORLD THE TRUTH, NO MORE LIES.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.30.0.221 (talk) 18:00, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I see, I'm humbled to meet the person who decides the real true titles of things. Oh, you don't? Guess we better stick to what the media uses. Prodego ^talk 18:03, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) It's nice that you have these ideas in your head, but in order for us to put information at Wikipedia, it needs to appear in reliable sources not just in the mind of a single person. Most reliable sources call the current conflict the "Syrian Civil War", and so Wikipedia does as well. The Wikipedia article, and related articles, do go into some detail about the particulars you have noted. If all you care about is the title, well, then it appears we are at an impasse: The preponderance of the world's reliable sources call this the Syrian Civil War, and if most of the world is wrong, then we'll just have to be wrong with them. --Jayron32 18:06, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict):The first sentence of the article Civil War, "A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same nation state or republic, or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly united nation state." The situation in Syria, ,Syrian civil war, falls into the first category. The article on the similar conflict in Libya within the last two years is listed under Libyan civil war. Describing it as a civil war does *not* indicate that the Regime headed by Bashir Assad is in any way not guilty of these crimes.Naraht (talk) 18:08, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is not a civil war, and the 'reliable' English-speaking media has often falsified reality. The war on Iraq was not long ago. --عبد المؤمن (talk) 18:52, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Everything I have heard about it indicates that it is a civil war. This includes the above statements by you and 144.30.0.221. I do not understand why you and 144.30.0.221 think it is not a civil war. Maybe it is a language problem. Maproom (talk) 19:01, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Furthermore, we don't make our own decisions about things here at Wikipedia. We merely dispassionately and accurately report what other reliable sources report. It isn't the stated purpose of Wikipedia to come up with its own definitions. --Jayron32 19:11, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(Info)As a quick check I looked at the other language wikipedias to see what is used: French, Spanish and German all use terms which basically translated as Syrian Civil War. The Arabic Wikipedia uses something that translated (as best as google translate can tell) to Syrian Events 2011-2012. The term ar:حرب_أهلية does mean Civil War and is used as part of the titles of the Algerian and Lebanese Civil Wars that have existed for the last 40 years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Naraht (talk • contribs) 19:31, 3 January 2013‎

Its not civil as in 'behaving in a polite or reasonable manner,' it's civil as in 'having to do with people or government.' Livewireo (talk) 15:23, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

page not showing up in search

Hello, I created a new page named: 'Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS)'. I would like it to be found when people search for 'LIMS', since that is the name of the institution. But there is already a page titled 'LIMS' which is empty but redirects to another page: 'Laboratory information management system', so instead of getting a listing of pages containing the word LIMS, I immediately get the page of the laboratory.

Is there a way so that my 'Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies (LIMS)' page can be found on a search for the word 'LIMS'? And if there is: how do I do that?

Thank you very much, Sandra Sandra (talk) 19:48, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The current LIMS page is a valid redirect. The way to deal with your question would be to turn that page into a disambiguation page. I have however tagged the article for deletion as it is far too promotional in tone. Please see WP:NPOV and WP:SPAM.--ukexpat (talk) 19:52, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It was also a copyright violation of http://www.limsonline.org/about-lims-our-history and has been deleted.--ukexpat (talk) 20:04, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Adding a photo

How do I add a photo to a bio on wiki??? I don't see any places that will allow me to download a photo of a person. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kkodey (talk • contribs) 20:13, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Standard image advice follows. Be very careful if the image is one that you found on the internet.

If you want to upload an image from your computer for use in an article, you must determine the proper license of the image (or whether it is in the public domain). If you know the image is public domain or copyrighted but under a suitable free-license, upload it to the Wikimedia Commons instead of here, so that all projects have access to the image (sign up). If you are unsure of the licensing status, see the file upload wizard for more information. Please also read Wikipedia's image use policy.
If you want to add an image that has already been uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, add [[File:File name.jpg|thumb|Caption text.]] to the area of the article where you want the image to appear – replacing File name.jpg with the actual file name of the image, and Caption text with a short description of the image. See our picture tutorial for more information. I hope this helps.--ukexpat (talk) 20:15, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Help.

I'm new to Wikipedia and I have a few questions. First, is there anywhere that keeps track of how many edits you have? Also, I can't seem to rename articles. Why not? DHninjaman (talk) 20:18, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Contributions/DHninjaman lists all your contributions except those to articles that have been deleted - only admins have access to those. The "user profile" tab in your preferences also shows how many edits you have made. Your account must be autoconfirmed (4 days old and 10 edits) before you can move pages.--ukexpat (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Special:Preferences shows your own number of edits. At the bottom of user contributions pages like Special:Contributions/DHninjaman is a link saying "Edit count". This works for both yourself and others. You can move (rename) pages when your account becomes autoconfirmed. PrimeHunter (talk) 20:28, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to note that, aside from pages in your userspace (i.e. User:DHninjaman/something), moving pages is not something a newbie should ordinarily do. It takes some time, even after studying WP:TITLE to know what the "right" title for a page is. Often, it must be arrived at by consensus among multiple editors when there are conflicting arguments. I would encourage you to discuss any moves on the article's talk page before moving them yourself, at least for a while. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 22:05, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. DHninjaman (talk) 03:35, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

auto un-collapse a table that is normally collapsed

I searched as hard as I could for an answer to this, with no luck.

I am trying to take a table that is normally collapsed on Climate of Salt Lake City, derived from the template {{Salt Lake City weatherbox}}, and make it 'uncollapsed' on the main page of Climate of Salt Lake City. I can see in many other uses of this box that it makes sense for the box to be collapsed as a default, but on Climate of Salt Lake City, it makes sense to have it open, especially since it is an important part of that page. So, can I default it to open? If possible, I don't think we need to change the template. Thanks! QFL 24-7 ^{bla ¤ cntrb ¤ kids ¤ pics ¤ vids} 21:04, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

According to {{Weather box/doc}}, the description for the "collapsed" parameter: "Any entry in this line will make the template initially collapsed. Leave blank or remove this line for uncollapsed."

So, the answer was to remove the collapsed parameter (which I did), not set it to "n". The best source of info is always to follow the template code itself. Second best is to look at the doc :) —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:39, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Mercy Health System

The page Mercy Health System refers to a health system in Illinois. There are many Mercy Health Systems in the US and possibly world. We are as large or larger than the one in Illinois. While I do not want to remove their listing, I would like to also have alisting called Mercy Health System. Perhaps they can change the title to "Mercy Health System - Whatever the headquarters, Illinois"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.26.210.20 (talk) 21:32, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, the existing article Mercy Health System refers to the one in Wisconsin. Mercy Health Partners refers to an organization in OH, PA, KY, TN, and MI. Mercy Health Plans redirects to Coventry Health Care after it acquired the St. Louis, Missouri-based provider.

If you want to create an appropriate article for your organization, the normal title that should be used if you cover just one state is "Mercy Health System (State)". Once such an article exists, you may ask to move the existing Mercy Health System article to "Mercy Health System (Wisconsin)", and for a disambiguation page to be created at "Mercy Health Systems" with links to both. —[AlanM1(talk)]— 21:51, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How to properly asterisk data in a table for more information below?

Resolved

– Thanks, E and Gadget850. Appears to work like a charm!. -- Alex Wolf 15:49, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am revising a page with 2010 data (currently 2007 data), and would like to asterisk/note a few of the data values for extra explanation for why they do not represent 2013 figures. Is this permissible by the style guide, and what is the required format for this? In other formats, I would use *, **, ***, etc.

For reference, this is the page I am revising: Electricity sector in Canada The tables found from this point (Electricity sector in Canada#Nameplate capacity) and below will be revised, but should ideally each be appended by short notes.

Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alex B. Wolf (talk • contribs) 22:22, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Try 'Explanatory Foot-Notes' {{efn}} (which must include {{notelist}} in order to function.) ~:74.60.29.141 (talk) 22:37, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is possible to associate multiple names to notelists ~~(e.g.: |name=table1)~~[that's not it] —but I haven't tried it— perhaps another editor could explain (?). ~:modified:74.60.29.141 (talk) 23:12, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You can assign a name to {{efn}} so you can use it multiple times. I added an example of multiple uses to {{efn}}. --— Gadget850 (Ed)^talk 00:06, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What I had in mind, which might apply to the example provided by Alex B. Wolf would be: suppose you have two or more tables, each requiring footnotes, and you wanted the footnotes to independently apply to each table - with a separate {{notelist}} under each table. Something like different 'groups' in reflist. ~E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 02:43, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See HELP:MULTIREF for general use, and {{efn}} for particular use. --— Gadget850 (Ed)^talk 03:32, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Looks like {{notelist|close}} will do the trick - this closes efn, allowing a new instance. :) E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 03:58, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How do I add a dated categorization mechanism to a template?

Resolved

– Thanks, PrimeHunter. Though I used another mechanism per a suggestion by Masem, I appreciate your help. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 23:41, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

How can I achieve that a template I am creating places the page where it is being transcluded in a dated maintenance category? Though it might be possible that I made something like that in the past, I must have forgotten....

I want that placing User:Toshio Yamaguchi/Template:File page NFCC concerns tag on a file page on 04-01-2013 places the file page in a category like Category:Non-free files lacking a rationale from 4th January 2013. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 22:29, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This can only be done by either substing to get the current date when the substing is made, or require editors or bots to fill out the date. In either case, the date must end up being a parameter to the template. See for example Template:Citation needed#Usage for how to subst the date only, or Template:Nrd for substing a template which places another template with the current date as parameter. PrimeHunter (talk) 22:58, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It categorizes by month and year now (per another users suggestion I adapted the mechanism from Template:Di-orphaned fair use which seems to work). -- Toshio Yamaguchi 23:31, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Fischer & Wieser contribution

I have tried contributing an entry for Fischer & Wieser, and it has been denied due to notability. I have added references to further validate notability, but I'm having difficulty cleaning red mistakes in the references. Over all, I find the editing references combersome and esoteric with html coding, so there is definitely an opportunity for systematic usability improvements. The most helpful step would be a Wikipedia screener not only accepting or denying entries, but offering recommendations or actually making the needed changes if the entry still needs work.

Please look at my entry and advise and even edit it as necessary.

Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Troy.sifford (talk • contribs) 22:32, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The references which you have "added" are not only done wrong, they are all to the proposed article itself (though they are titled "New York Times", etc.). To add a reference to an article, click on "Templates" near the top left of the window where you are editing, and fill in the relevant fields of the form that appears. In particular, fill in the "URL" field with the URL of the web page you want to cite, not the URL of the Wikipedia article you are writing. I could try to fix the problem myself, but I have no way of knowing what you are trying to cite.

The first sentence of the article is not encouraging: "[1]History In 1928, J.B. Wieser planted 100 peach trees outside Fredericksburg, Texas". It ought to state what Fischer & Wieser is. I suggest something like "Fischer & Wieser is a Texas-based manufacturer of pasta sauces". But I suspect that whatever you do, the article will be rejected anyway, on the grounds that Fischer & Wieser is not notable. Maproom (talk) 23:50, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Caption problem

I have been working on setting up a gallery of photos to accompany an article. The gallery will end up with a lot of images, and each image will have a little text under it, usually about two or three lines. However, there are a few images (10%) whose images will have a bit more text, say six lines of caption text. If I include the longer captions, it causes all of the images in the same gallery row to have that same amount of space under them, even though they do not need it. That is, in each row, the vertical space for captions is no less than what is needed for the longest caption on that row.

The reason I don't like that is that (1) it leads to a lot of white space because 90% of the images DON'T need more than three lines, but 10% are forcing the gaps on each row and (2) the variation in height from row to row is visually unpleasing.

In searching for a fix for this, I came across a Wikimedia Commons page that talked about something known as a "line paramter" for galleries. It allows you to set the number of lines of text that appear under an image. If that space is exceeded, the gallery layout remains locked in place, and a scroll bar appears next to the longer caption. I'd like to try something like that, but I cannot figure out how to do it on Wikipedia. Is it possible? How?ProfReader (talk) 22:53, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Click edit to see the markup for the gallery below. I think this is what you're after. Best regards--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:53, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Managing user accounts on other Wikipedias

When I first started using Wikipedia a few years ago I set up accounts for the French, German and Italian Wikipedias, as I speak these languages and wanted to do some minor editing. Now, under the unified global account management, I have been assigned user accounts for these other Wikipedias, which are identical with my English-language one. However, I want to continue to use the original accounts I set up myself. To do this properly now I have to close my English-language account before using my foreign-language account, otherwise the foreign language account keeps defaulting to my English-language account (I hope I'm making myself clear here!), which messes up my watchlist and talk page, etc. Is there any way I can make my original foreign-language accounts the default accounts for these languages? Hohenloh⁺ 22:55, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you wp:changing username to the name you want to use? If it is from another wp you may have to change it there first.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Usernames can be changed only on the English Wikipedia, but I don't want to change my English username.Hohenloh⁺ 00:16, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There are enough browsers nowadays with similar functionality that you might consider just using, say Firefox here, and Safari whenever you use your foreign accounts, or some other combination. In that way you can remain logged here and there at the same time--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 00:33, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not optimal, but a good idea all the same. Many thanks. Hohenloh⁺ 16:25, 4 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

incorrect info for brain head resort

The information on the "brain head ski resort" page ia incorrect. the phone number of the resort is 435 677 2035. our business is brian head reservation center. that is the number listed as the ski resort. therefore i am getting calls for the ski resort. their address is also listed as ours. i'm unable to correct or edit the page. the marketing personnel at the resort can't either — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.33.199.238 (talk) 23:22, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean Brian Head Ski Resort here on wikipedia? I don't see phone number nor address in our article. It it is the website that is another issue.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:27, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

webmaster@brianhead.com is the email to fix the website.--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:34, 3 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]