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November 6

Laptop background voice

In my laptop, continuously an unanimous voices like ads are coming what ever we do or watch, which is annoying. How to fix this problem. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.235.210.17 (talk) 00:09, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is the Wikipedia Help Desk, for questions about editing Wikipedia. You might be able to get an answer at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. My guess would be that you have some malware on your machine, but I am not an expert. --ColinFine (talk) 00:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help with new article

Hello. I'm interested in nominating Lutte Internationale as a DYK article and possibly improving it to GA-class. I think the article meets DYK's basic requirements but I don't understand how the process is supposed to work. I tried contacting members of WP:PW for some advice (I assume I'm supposed to use their formatting) but never got a reply.

I was also hoping to submit a photo as part of the DYK hook. Patric Laprade, a Quebec author and wrestling historian, claims Lutte's television footage is in the public domain. [1] I'd like to add screenshots from its television show (including a DYK image) but I don't know who to ask about this either. Would it be possible to postpone DYK's 7-day time limit so I have time to look for images? 72.74.202.10 (talk) 00:15, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Hi! The instructions for WP:DYK nominations are at Template talk:Did you know. Since you are an IP editor and have not registered for an account, I don't think you can create the subpage, so I have done that for you. Go ahead and fill out the template, adding "subst:" before "NewDYKnomination" then transclude it per the instructions. If you need help transcluding it, I can do that for you once you've filled out the template. The template is at Template:Did you know nominations/Lutte Internationale

As for the picture; it sometimes takes quite some time between the time the article is nominated and when it appears on the main page, so you have time to sort that out. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 00:28, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks. I really appreciate the assistance. 72.74.202.10 (talk) 00:33, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As for the images, I think that a statement on a forum to the effect that "All footage from IW is free to use, since the company went bankrupt and nothing was kept as far as master tapes" would not be acceptable as far as Wikipedia is concerned. If a company goes into liquidation, its material assets are not generally destroyed, but are realised as far as possible, to satisfy the creditors: as far as I know, this applies equally to intellectual property such as copyright. So I would expect that copyright survives, even though there may be nobody with an interest in protecting it. And even if I am wrong about this, I'm sure Wikipedia would require a more authoritative source than a comment in a forum. --ColinFine (talk) 00:56, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ColinFine is correct. The claim that bankruptcy invalidates a copyright is completely false. but even if it were true, a post on a forum board would not in any way be acceptable proof. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 01:36, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well I only brought it up since it's a published author claiming this. He was also the co-producer of a 2013 documentary on Quebec wrestling which used footage from "Lutte Internationale". Would it be worth sending Laprade an email or do I need to find something official? 72.74.202.10 (talk) 19:40, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

72.74.202.10 Thanks for filling out the template; I've gone ahead and transcluded it on the nominations page, so hopefully someone will review it and you'll see it on the front page. It usually takes about a month, but has been known to go quicker or at times take longer. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 12:51, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for your help. 72.74.202.10 (talk) 19:40, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No problem. :) ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 19:42, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error references duplicate key

Wgen referring to a certain book, I use same ref several times. First in general, second time when referring to a Chapter of the book. Then I get the above error notice, How do I go about thus? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grauped (talk • contribs) 02:02, 6 November 2015‎ (UTC)[reply]

As I think you recognised subsequently, you can avoid that error message by not using the same reference name again when the reference details are different. You can use a different name, or remember that a reference doesn't need a name at all unless you are using it more than once. In your situation you may perhaps want to use the method described at Help:Referencing for beginners#Page references. --David Biddulph (talk) 08:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Editing Fairfield Presbuyterian Church

I have correctly entered the Captcha password several times and clicked save page, only to have a new Captcha word, What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pastor Mike Schuelke (talk • contribs) 03:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If the article in question is Fairfield Presbyterian Church, I don't know why you can't edit the article, but you shouldn't edit the article yourself, because you have a conflict of interest. If you have information that should be added or corrected, go to Talk: Fairfield Presbyterian Church. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:55, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have had a similar problem with the Captcha. Whether I type it in wrong or right, it still gives me another one to try, as if I had got it wrong (or maybe it thinks I enjoy doing them). Maproom (talk) 08:21, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Pastor Mike Schuelke: You are also triggering an edit filter. I'm not sure of the sequence of events if you both add an external link and trigger a filter with a new account. Try an edit which doesn't add an external link or only adds an external link. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:18, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Watch users' edits

Is there any way to watch a user's edits? —Skyllfully ^(talk | _contribs) 04:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you are on a user's user page or the user's talk page, you can view their User Contributions. However, why do you want to "watch" another user's edits? If you think that they are a good editor, and you want to learn from them, mentorship might be appropriate. Do you think that they are a bad editor, and that their edits need reverting? If so, read the hounding policy first, and follow the principle of assume good faith. Robert McClenon (talk) 13:48, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You cannot do it on your watchlist. If you want to "watch" multiple users without checking each of their contributions pages then you could make a userspace page with code like this for each user: [[Special:Contributions/Skyllfully|Skyllfully]]:{{Special:Contributions/Skyllfully|limit=1}}. It displays:

Skyllfully:

"Skyllfully" is not registered on this wiki. Please check CentralAuth to see if it is registered on other wikis.

No changes were found matching these criteria.

It shows the most recent edit (limit can be increased). It doesn't work to put the userspace page on your watchlist. The page must be examined to look for recent time stamps. Contents may be cached. {{Purge}} can be added to make a purge link. Userspace pages are public so others can see who you "watch" unless you keep the source offline and only preview it. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:07, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

New link notifications

I often get notices that say: X was lInked from Y See all links to this page. But when I go to the links page I find no link from Y to X, and searching the history of Y does not provide an explanation. Can anyone speculate how this happens? Thanks in advance, Ottawahitech (talk) 14:56, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

via a transcluded template? -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 15:05, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know where you looked in the history, but before this large deletion yesterday you will see this version, which includes the link to which you refer. --David Biddulph (talk) 15:08, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, added in [2] yesterday. I don't have "Page link" enabled at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-echo. Doesn't the notification have a "View changes" link? PrimeHunter (talk) 15:22, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, PrimeHunter, I cannot see a view changes link in the notification (which BTW looks different when viewed from the drop-down menu and from the All Notifications page). I see only 3 links in the notification:

Linkee article

Linker article

Pages that link to Linkee Article

BTW thanks to David Biddulph for pointing out what I missed, and to TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom for what I could miss in the future. Ottawahitech (talk) 13:59, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikidata discrepancy?

Several Wikipedias have articles discussing various US states' legal definitions of "village". Ours, for example, is located at Village (United States), while the German equivalent is de:Village (Vereinigte Staaten). The latter article has Wikidata-provided links (through d:Q751708) to the English article, as well as comparable pages in Arabic, Italian, Japanese, and Romanian. All of the foreign-language articles have correct links to the rest — but English has none at all. Why are the babel links missing from our article? Nyttend (talk) 16:41, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know why the interlanguage links and the "Wikidata item" link were missing but a purge fixed it. For some reason the page was apparently unaware of the Wikidata item when it was last rendered. PrimeHunter (talk) 16:47, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Having issues SAVING page after making minor changes

Good morning,

Working to create a biographical page for KIM WOOD SANDUSKY (vocal coach/producer) in Nashville, TN, I am having trouble saving the page after my attempt to add citations for her Destiny Child's SURIVOR & OSMOSIS JONES production credits. Here is the current draft of the page in my sandbox: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:RodneyBowen66/sandbox&action=submit&veaction=edit

After I make the updates, I click save and then a CAPTCHA appears. After entering the captcha numerous times, the page still will not save.

Please help. thanks so much! Rodney Bowen — Preceding unsigned comment added by RodneyBowen66 (talk • contribs) 17:10, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

When this happens, it's likely because an external link you are adding to the page in question is listed on Wikipedia's Wikipedia:Spam blacklist, which is designed to prevent abuse of Wikipedia. Please check that your external links are reliable sources as defined by Wikipedia. --Jayron 32 17:14, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's the third such report I see today so I wonder whether there really is a software issue in some circumstances. I made a test [3] with an alternative account which has to enter a captcha for external links. It worked fine the first time. PrimeHunter (talk) 17:29, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

CHANGE MY NAME

Hello. I am new to Wikipedia. I understand some of the basics of editing, however I want to change my name to another name that is slightly different. I already created the new name, but don't know how to find it using my old/currentname so I can request a name change. I hope you can help me. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunshine Shelley (talk • contribs) 18:36, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The process is described at Wikipedia:Changing username. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:47, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. My question is actually how to link to my new name because when I'm signed in with my old name I can't find the new one. I have not used it at all or to make any edits. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunshine Shelley (talk • contribs) 20:03, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you can't remember the new name, and it hasn't made any edits, then you'll probably have to choose another new one. If you know what the new name starts with, you can put that in the box at Special:ListUsers. - David Biddulph (talk) 20:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

If you do remember the new name and are just asking how to link to it: If it is "NewName" for instance, the syntax would be [[User:NewName]]. —teb728 t c 20:20, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Sunshine Shelley: You haven't changed name. If User:Sunshine Suzy is also you then you have created two independent accounts. You have requested that "Sunshine Shelley" is renamed to "Sunshine Suzy". This can only be done if Sunshine Suzy agrees and is renamed to something else. Log in as Sunshine Suzy and post to Wikipedia:Changing username/Usurpations#Sunshine Shelley → Sunshine_Suzy. Say that you are same user and want User:Sunshine Shelley to take over the name. You can say what you want Sunshine Suzy renamed to, or say that you will never use the account again and its name doesn't matter. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:45, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Translated first names

Hello, I saw that two Dutch persons who both have the same first name of Anne do not both get that name on this wiki. The politician Anne Vondeling is in Dutch known like that, while Andrew van der Bijl is known as Anne van der Bijl. Can anyone explain that? Regards from the Netherlands, Apdency (talk) 21:00, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As per WP:Common name we use the common name in English, which for Brother Andrew, seems to be Andrew van der Bijl. However, I note there is a discrepancy between the two articles as to what his birth name actually was - Do you have a reliable source for this? This would enable is to change the infobox - but not the article title. The common name rule causes some annoyance, but covers people, places and even organizations - e.g. we use Vienna not Wien and see below for the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center - Arjayay (talk) 21:57, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

OK Arjayay, I have no problems with maintaining the article title. Not seeing his real (Dutch) name mentioned anywhere in the readable text, was in fact the thing that surprised me. This will serve as a reliable source for his Dutch name, I think. Apdency (talk) 09:07, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Woodsville pictures

I have a large library of Woodsville, New Hampshire pictures I would like to post on the Woodsville, NH page. Where can I get instructions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Whitemount (talk • contribs) 21:32, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

How large a library? Wikipedia isn't a photo hosting site. A few (up to maybe a dozen) images are sometimes good in a gallery at the bottom of the article but more than that usually isn't necessary.

That said, the best place for them would be at Wikimedia Commons so that they could be used on not only the English Wikipedia but every other Wikipedia as well. You can find the link to upload them at WP:UPLOAD. Dismas|^(talk) 22:04, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Another issue is copyright: Are these pictures you created yourself? If not, have the copyright licensed them to allow reuse by anyone for anything? —teb728 t c 22:40, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center page

I work for the above mentioned organization, which is now simply called Cosmosphere (including legally). I cannot figure out how to get the title edit to happen. Can someone direct me in the right direction? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kelseyscott (talk • contribs) 21:35, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

You need to move the page. However, there was a previous discussion at Talk:Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, which concluded the page should not be moved, so I'd recommend starting a new discussion about it. Also, Wikipedia uses what reliable sources call it, not what it legally calls itself. Joseph2302 (talk) 21:39, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maximum number of Obamas

I went searching on Orly Taitz and noticed that there were 119 instances of the word "Obama", while that number was easily passed by United States presidential election, 2008, it made me wonder what article has the string Obama most often, any ideas on how to find that out?Naraht (talk) 22:57, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Naraht: maybe try ask WP:BOTREQ. --Edgars2007 (talk/contribs) 05:24, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'll try there. Doesn't quite seem like a bot task, but I agree that the people found there are most likely to understand the regex necessary for the question even if that would be a very odd usage.Naraht (talk) 13:48, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]