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May 5

Separation of a title from body of article.

Hello. Recently I added a section to the page called "List of superlative trees" in which I listed the trees bearing the largest flowers. Somehow (my fault I'm sure) the title became separated from the chart, with the chart ending up beneath the references. Any suggestions how to fix this ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeenthusiast (talk • contribs) 04:52, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've closed the table, by adding "|}" at the end. Maproom (talk) 06:59, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Recovering my account

Hi, I reset the password to my account (User:MaxBrowne) but now I've managed to forget my new password. I don't think I had any email associated with that account, if I did it was probably one that I've abandoned. Can I still recover that account? A quick check will confirm that my IP is the same as that of MaxBrowne. I will happily abandon this account if I can recover the original. MaxBrowne2 (talk) 06:39, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

If you cannot possibly remember the password, and have no access to an email account associated with that account, then that account will have to be abandoned. I can sometimes remember old passwords by waiting a day or two, engaging in my favorite relaxation techniques, and putting myself into the frame of mind that I was in when I created the password. Good luck to you. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 06:49, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't you just do an IP check to confirm my identity, then email to an address associated with this new account? MaxBrowne2 (talk) 08:06, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:MaxBrowne has stored an email address. If you enter the username and no email address at Special:PasswordReset then a password mail is sent to whatever address is stored. If you may have access to it then check for spam/junk filtering by your email system. The last password you stored in the account doesn't expire when a password mail is sent. It only expires if the mailed password is actually used so you can still try to remember the password. Wikimedia system administrators (not Wikipedia administrators like me) can set a new email address for an account so a password mail can be received but they only do it in rare cases like hacked accounts with high user rights. And they require strong evidence of identity, probably much more than having access to the same IP address. I doubt they would bother with a verification of your identity when the account only has rollback rights and 8,000 edits. You can just use the new account and mention the connection on the user pages. PrimeHunter (talk) 18:28, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Visual editor links

Hi when I place internal link in editor there is some short description of it.Where and how it can be changed?--Shrike (talk) 09:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Can you specify which edit? Thanks. Abelmoschus Esculentus (talk to me) 09:52, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Here is an example Wikipedia:VisualEditor/User_guide#Editing_links for example World is a "common name for the.. "--Shrike (talk) 10:02, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The descriptions seen are from Wikidata I believe. Eagleash (talk) 10:59, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks.--Shrike (talk) 11:27, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Unless somebody has added a {{short description}} tag to the article, in which case it comes from there. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 13:55, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I edited an article and my change was removed.

I edited an article on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Tzu.

I added: "In 2018 The Revised Art of War by Keiran Proffer was published in the U.K. This is the first complete revision of Sun Tzu’s work in the English language." This change was removed the following day.

Under history it showed: (cur | prev) 17:19, 4 May 2018‎ Underbar dk (talk | contribs)‎ . . (30,833 bytes) (-162)‎ . . (Undid revision 839585632 by Cath Writer (talk) need to clarify what's meant by "revision" here, otherwise i don't see the need to WP:ADvertise another version by a self-published author) (undo | thank) (Tag: Undo)

'Need to clarify what's meant by "revision"'. Easy to ask, but a full explanation would take some time. Basically ′The Art of War′ was made as a series of terse jottings, in quite a random order, and which frequently wander off the point of the chapter. A revision, putting the notes into a logical order, and re-arranging the chapters, has been made in Chinese, but ′The Revised Art of War′ is the first revision in the English language.

Cath Writer (talk) 10:44, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You should go to Talk:Sun Tzu and make this explanation. The article's talk page is tthe best place to discuss the article. People who are interested in the article will be watching it. Underbar dk will probably be watching it also and can respond with more info about why the info was removed. ~ GB fan 10:59, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I was terminated because the Sup. didn't like me. But. she gave a letter stating unsatisfactory work can I take her to small claims court?

I have e-mails to prove what I'm saying. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:40B:8503:7F6A:2076:C99A:B28C:EDFD (talk) 13:54, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You need to talk to a lawyer in the jurisdiction where this happened. We can not help you. ~ GB fan 14:04, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This board is for asking questions about editing Wikipedia, not for general questions. Please see the Wikipedia Legal Disclaimer. As GB fan says, we cannot give legal opinions and any legal advice you got here would be worth exactly what you paid for it (i.e., nothing). Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 18:03, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Wikipedia, I have a question about the article "Conversion Therapy"

I read the article concerning conversion therapy and found it to be quite political and even biased, and trying my best to conserve as a non-biased source as I have in the past seen it as not this. Note, I do not condone this practice at all, again, I just want to preserve fact over opinion on Wikipedia. The edit I made was quickly undone, and I made 2 simple edits. The previous contributor to the article called it a pseudoscience, despite conversion therapy not being a direct or even indirect contradiction of science. The other I edited from was removing a politically charged "rant" sounding bit of the article in the beginning. These were the only changes I made, and was wondering if you could share more light on what I did was not contributive in nature. Thanks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.144.160.126 (talk) 21:54, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Multiple ReliableSources describe it is pseudoscientific, so it is called that in the article. I can’t find any thing about a rant being removed in the page history; could you possibly explain what the rant you removed contained?💵Money💵emoji💵^Talk 22:25, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah ... "despite conversion therapy not being a direct or even indirect contradiction of science". Um, no, the evidence shows it's not related to science at all. Black Kite (talk) 22:39, 5 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]