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November 21

Bio

Can someone please help me write an Bio my name is Kc Da Beatmonster — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kcdabeatmonster (talk • contribs) 01:20, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Peter Yaldwyn (talk • contribs) 06:35 21 November 2018 (UTC)

This relates to Yalding:

Fixed some stray ref tags. Eagleash (talk) 07:01, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

question re: language support

If I come across an editor having troubles, and speaks little to no English, is there a resource here to help find active editors that read/write in other languages, so that I can possibly connect the two and help the troubled ESL editor out? Thanks - wolf 07:25, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Thewolfchild: See Wikipedia:Translators available.-Arch dude (talk) 07:28, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Arch dude: - Thanks! - wolf 14:38, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lady Margaret School

Ref number 5 is wrong - I tried to add a contributing editor but got it all wrong. Please help. 175.32.213.182 (talk) 10:27, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I've reverted your edit so that you can get it right next time. Remember to preview before saving. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:32, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted your other added reference at the same time because (as usual) you misused the "publisher" parameter. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:36, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

x men movies

i can not find nothing about my dvd xmen 1.5, i cannot find any information on here about it. can you add something explaining how and why they released this one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.178.122.142 (talk) 10:33, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See X-Men (film)#Home media. Rojomoke (talk)

Article written on Paul Mann

I have re-written an article submitted to Wiki on Paul Mann. I have saved my changes but I am unsure whether it has been registered for submission. Have. Written it in the right place? I do hope so! Could you just confirm that the new version of the article has been submitted for your perusal. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by VincentBudd (talk • contribs) 17:30, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This must be about Draft:Paul Mann (conductor). I can find no evidence that it has been submitted. Before you do submit it, you should read Help:Referencing for beginners. Maproom (talk) 17:41, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The version which was submitted and declined was the one which was abandoned, and deleted in July. The feedback (including pointing out how to cite sources) is on the OP's user talk page. --David Biddulph (talk) 18:19, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lua error?

This is way over my pay grade, but apparently there is a Lua error on Template:infobox video game that reads "Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Linguistic' not found." What is going on? ‡ Єl Cid of ᐺalencia ^ᐐT₳LKᐬ 18:44, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template:infobox video game makes use of Module:I18n/complex date, and there have been recent edits there which mention Module:Linguistic. Let's ping Pppery (talk · contribs) and Jarekt (talk · contribs) -- John of Reading (talk) 18:55, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I have undone that edit because Module:I18n/complex date is used in 400kish pages.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:00, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That makes little sense since current version of Module:I18n/complex date calls "require("Module:Linguistic").conj" on numerour occasions. I guess whoever cloned c:Module:I18n/complex date to Wikipedia did not copy all dependencies. --Jarekt (talk) 20:44, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

No, the person who copied Module:Complex date copied all of the dependencies, but I then TfD'd some of them as useless in mono-lingual wikis like the English Wikipedia. {{3x|p}}ery (talk) 00:25, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

question about t.v. ratings from 2 countries.

Yesterday I had a page/ article notice at My Hero Academia Season 2 and there is a short sentence about t.v. ratings from 2 countries; one to the US and Japan, but from Template:Japanese episode list does not have a table column for how many people watched it. Then about an hour ago I read this concered at here. So at first I thought there was a table column for the show, because it was late at night. But some shows/ anime doesn't use t.v. ratings, if most last for 10 to 20 episodes. Then should the info be set aside or take out? Tainted-wingsz (talk) 20:04, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What does nowiki mean?

I've noticed that when using the Visual Editor to publish edits, a series of "nowiki" templates show up across the article in source mode, most often near images or other templates. Why does this happen and is there any way to automatically remove/replace all of them? ▼PσlєοGєєк ƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼ 21:28, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See Help:NOWIKI. Nanonic (talk) 21:54, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

VisualEditor has a tendency to insert unnecessary or unwanted nowiki tags but some of them have a reason. For example ''Siamosaurus''<nowiki/>'s in your sandbox. It's done to avoid a triple ''' which means bold. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:35, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

How to cite a book review

All major citation styles that I'm familiar with have a distinct format for citing a book review. If I wanted to cite this review in Chicago style, for instance, it would be formatted:

Peter C. Lutze, review of Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films, by William Uricchio and Roberta E. Pearson, The Journal of American History 81, no. 4 (March 1995): 1783–1784.

This format explicitly identifies the article as a book review by including the phrase "review of" and identifies both the author(s) of the review and the author(s) of the reviewed work. Is there a way to achieve something similar using Wikipedia's citation templates? There does not appear to be a cite book review template, and templates such as cite journal and cite magazine don't have parameters like |reviewer= or |reviewed-work= that could differentiate a book review from the standard citation format for these sources. Is there a way to get around this using the templates, or would it be better to format book reviews manually? Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 21:53, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Lord Bolingbroke. I just treat the book review as the title. This one is in the Book Review section of the journal, so using cite journal gives:

Lutze, Peter C. (1995). "Book reviews—Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films by William Uricchio and Roberta E. Pearson". The Journal of American History. 81 (4): 1783–1784.

If you add italics yourself:

Lutze, Peter C. (1995). "Review of Reframing Culture: The Case of the Vitagraph Quality Films by William Uricchio and Roberta E. Pearson". The Journal of American History. 81 (4): 1783–1784.

Otherwise just format manually. There are editors here who never use templates. StarryGrandma (talk) 04:34, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@StarryGrandma: Thanks for your help. The only problem I have with your examples is the quote marks. The review doesn't have its own title, as is common in academic journals—it just gives the title of the work being reviewed. Accordingly, I think it would be more accurate to leave the quote marks out, as is done in the Chicago formatting. I realize this is a minor issue, but I'd like to get some feedback from other editors on whether they think it would be useful to modify the CS1 templates in some way to enable a unique format for book reviews. Village pump (idea lab) or Village pump (proposals) seem like good places to bring it up for discussion. Can you think of any other forums that would be more appropriate? I can, of course, format book reviews manually in the meanwhile. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 05:36, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Lord Bolingbroke, the best place to bring this up is Wikipedia talk:Citing sources. StarryGrandma (talk) 14:41, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@StarryGrandma: Sounds good. I'll give you a ping as soon as I open the discussion. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 17:48, 23 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

MySQL Programmer for Wikipedia Data

Hello all,

My apologies if this is an inappropriate forum for this announcement. If so, I would be very grateful if someone could direct me to the correct place. I am looking for someone with advanced knowledge of MySQL and Wikipedia data to coach/tutor me as I process Wikipedia data for my dissertation.

I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Arizona. For my dissertation, I am data mining Wikipedia to investigate the globalization of knowledge production. I am geolocating IP edits in 271 languages to discern which titles are edited in the most countries. I have done most of the scripting in MySQL, with a small part in Python. I would like to complete this research on my own as much as possible. However, I have encountered problems with the MySQL programming, specifically in regards to the idiosyncrasies of the Wikipedia data. For this reason, I am looking for someone who has advanced MySQL skills with experience with Wikipedia data. I would like this person to coach/tutor me when I have specific problems or questions regarding the data processing. The salary for this work is negotiable.

I would be thankful for anyone who can help me. Thank you! Tom Stieve email: tomthirteen@email.arizona.edu

Lupton family

Please include the following quote in the section called Anne Lupton on this page. The file is marked number 1 with a small box attached, placed next to reference 122. The readers should be able to read the quote when they push on the small box. Here is the quote from the file- "This is a day for celebrating the friends and supporters of Lady Margaret over the years beginning with the great Enid Moberly-Bell and her friend Anne Lupton."

Thanks and sorry I cannot do this myself. Srbernadette (talk) 22:26, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Srbernadette: What you refer to as a "file" is actually an external link (see Wikipedia:External links#How to link for an example). Clicking on that link will take you to the URL you have inserted; no other function can be performed when clicking on the link. To achieve something similar to what you want, use the cite web template and insert the quote in the |quote= parameter. The quote will appear after the source info when readers hover over the footnote. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 23:30, 21 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry - I stuffed up trying to do the above. Please fix. Sorry. Also, can the file I have added at the very top of this page have the words "Francis Lupton 2001 AD" - which are at the bottom of the file - removed and the image straightened up if this is possible Thanks. Srbernadette (talk) 00:02, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You have successfully used the |quote= parameter, within a reference, on multiple occasions in the past. I do not believe it possible to 'photoshop' the image. Once uploaded to Commons, that is what is available. If you require it to be altered, you will have to edit it 'off-Wiki' and upload a new version to Commons. Eagleash (talk) 00:17, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I will leave the file (pic of front page of book) at top of page as is. BUT! I am too scared to add the quote to the file which WAS in the Anne Lupton section - the file itself was removed earlier. Plesae return with quote if you are able and have the time. Sorry. Thanks again Srbernadette (talk) 01:49, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Use the cite web template, put the quote in the quote parameter, and fill out the other parameters with the information needed to verify the source. The outline of what I'm describing looks like this: <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |date= |website= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> Please practice doing this yourself. I see from your talk page that you often come to the help desk with similar questions and do not absorb the advice that is given to you. You need to learn how to fix such issues yourself and not depend on other editors to fix basic errors. Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 02:14, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps consider practising and experimenting in your userspace until you get it right? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:57, 22 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]