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December 18

Image

I have an updated pic of the North Head Lighthouse in Ilwaco, WA, since it's recent renovation. I do not know how to replace the current pic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lanorrri1 (talk • contribs) 05:12, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Lanorrri1: Hello, the best way is probably via Commons. The upload wizard there will guide you throught he steps needed to upload, including licensing and then provide you with a link to use when adding to a Wikipedia article. (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you. Eagleash (talk) 06:37, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Creating an Account...

I am attempting to create a new account and when it comes to the Username, the message "Username entered already in use. Please choose a different name." The username entered and already in use is my username. I never completed Creating my Account when I set out to create the account. Can my account be reset and/or deleted so I can go about creating it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C55:7900:F90:2D6F:4AE:5827:E5AA (talk) 06:23, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. That message means that someone beat you creating that account. Please choose a different username. Victor Schmidt mobil (talk) 06:44, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP 2600:6C55:7900:F90:2D6F:4AE:5827:E5AA|2600:6C55:7900:F90:2D6F:4AE:5827:E5AA. If another account using the same username already exists, then you will have to choose another username since accounts (even unused ones, blocked ones, banned ones, etc.) are not deleted for the reasons given in Wikipedia:Usernames#Deleting and merging accounts. If, on the other hand, you are the user who created the account and simply forgot your password, you might be able to reset your password as explained here. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:41, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of Orange Ribbon

Another meaning of the orange ribbon is that it represents Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, one form of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. I have RSD & I saw it when the RSDA posted the orange ribbon to represent the burning associated with RSD, as well as other forms of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome. Thank you & have a great holiday & New Year! Fay — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:1014:C037:69D4:C510:BB8D:8474 (talk) 10:43, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, does this relate to the Wikipedia article Orange ribbon? Can you tell us which country this relates to and also provide a link to somewhere that confirms the information? (Please remember to sign your posts on talk pages by typing four keyboard tildes like this: ~~~~. Or, you can use the [ reply ] button, which automatically signs posts.) Thank you and for wanting to help. Eagleash (talk) 12:31, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Hi IP 2604:6000:1014:C037:69D4:C510:BB8D:8474. Probably a better place to discuss such a thing would be at Talk:Orange ribbon, particularly you think it's something which should be considered as an addition to the article. The Help Desk is really intended to answer any general questions you may have about using Wikipedia, whereas the best place to discuss possible improvements to a Wikipedia article is on its corresponding talk page. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:33, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Updated tag removal

Hello all. Yesterday, the WikiProject Yorkshire Clean up page was updated with about 20 MP's with a tag at the bottom stating This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (December 2019). I have updated the relevant parts of the article, but I cannot find where the tag is to remove it. There is no obvious entry in the log to show when it was inserted, and from best that I can see, there is nothing on either the article or talk page that indicates some sort of parameter to amend so that the tag disappears.

It will be blinding obvious, but at the moment, I can't see it. Help please! Example Holly Lynch. Thanks and regards. The joy of all things (talk) 13:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The tag is actually at Template:Yorkshire and the Humber Labour Party MPs, transcluding to other articles that use it. theinstantmatrix (talk) 14:38, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Theinstantmatrix Thank you - see, I said it would be obvious; I never thought to look at the template. Thanks again. Regards. The joy of all things (talk) 15:03, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Edits

I was editing a meaning and its keeps being taken down even though it is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Coolmanwy (talk • contribs) 15:45, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Coolmanwy: When your edits are reverted, you should discuss the situation with the editor who reverted them. The place to discuss is the talk page of the affected atricle. See WP:BRD. In this case, your edit to stands added a very obscure meaning that does not merit its own article and does not even warrant its own section in the linked article, so it's not a good candidate for an entry in a disambiguation page. -Arch dude (talk) 16:33, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

log in and checkin the 365 days

I log in and check the keep me logged in box and everytime i come back to wiki home page I need to log in again? How can i fix this? win 10, firefox browzer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlblake (talk • contribs) 15:52, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Dlblake: Is it possible that you asked Firefox to delete Cookies on shutdown? check on about:preferences#privacy that the ckeckbox Delete cookies and Website data on shutdown isn't checked, and that a bit more down, when it goes about the list of sites you have visted, that either that list isn't deleted on shutdown, or that Cookies are explicity dechecked in the preferences for that. Victor Schmidt (talk) 17:47, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to edit an entry in the References section

The Wiki page below has a References entry (item 23) in which the second half contains a link to factually wrong information taken from an Ebay seller's listing :

https://www.google.com/search?q=wiki+post+office+mauritius&oq=wiki+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l6.2613j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

but when I click the Edit button to remove that link, all I see is "==References== {reflist|30em}"

Is there a way to get access to an editable version of the References?

81.135.135.174 (talk) 16:29, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

entries in that section are built from the "reflist". Each ref is up in the earlier text of the article that points to the ref, enclosed in "ref" tags. To edit a ref, edit the section in which the ref appears. -Arch dude (talk) 16:37, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

When you delete a reference, it would help to explain on that article's Talk page what you're doing and why. —Tamfang (talk) 07:23, 21 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Donations

Why dont you create a public cash app so that people can donate even easier to wikipedia? Then like tweet about it . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8807:8100:62B:80C4:680C:DAEF:7D09 (talk) 17:03, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions like this should be sent to donate @ wikimedia.org. RudolfRed (talk) 17:38, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fundraising

Hi. I’ve noticed the fundraising on Wikipedia has gotten more, well, aggressive is the word that comes to mind. I don’t begrudge you that. It’s a valuable service that society needs and should support. And, Wikipedia wouldn’t be Wikipedia if folks’ access to it were limited, especially the access of those who can least afford to financially support it. So, asking for donations makes perfect sense.

But...I very recently donated. And that wasn’t my first time. And I’m still seeing Wikipedia covered up with ads from the top and bottom, asking me to donate.

Might it be possible, using cookies or something else, to give people who consistently and generously donate a breather from the constant requests?

Thank you for your consideration, and for the valuable and democratic service that is Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.216.109.193 (talk) 17:21, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If you create an account, you can set in your preferences to hide the fundraising banners. RudolfRed (talk) 17:40, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Deleting my biography

I truly do not understand why I can not ask to have a biography about me removed from the site?

The reporting that you site is inaccurate. The event was expunged by the court system in PA and I never took any anger management course yet you insist on keeping that in my bio when it was sourced from a tabloid type newspaper with information not supplied by the court.

What can I do to elevate this problem? Either remove that sentence from my bio or take it down all together.

Respectfully,

Mike Kelly — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:3020:717:FC00:B8C0:4169:9D62:BB38 (talk) 17:46, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I think that WP:BLPN may be able to help you. RudolfRed (talk) 17:55, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Previous discussion at Wikipedia:Help desk/Archives/2019 December 13#Deleting my biography which also refers to a further discussion at Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard/Archive257#Mike Kelly (gridiron_football). Eagleash (talk) 17:59, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Watchlist tag filters

Sup Helpdeskers. D'you happen to know whether it's possible to invert the selected tags? I.e. so that the watchlist excludes them rather than includes them? ——SN 54129 18:02, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can add something like this to your common.js:

(function(){
  $('.mw-tag-mobile_edit').hide()
})()

but if you have "Group results by page" on this also removes all the other grouped edits, so it's not ideal in that case. There is also this script that hides AutoWikiBrowser edits. – Thjarkur (talk) 19:47, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Donate

post a mail address with your request for contributions and I'll contribute cash. Give out my credit card number? NO NO NO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.44.192.85 (talk) 21:06, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Please see this page for a mailing address if you wish to donate. 331dot (talk) 21:15, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Donation flag

I donated to Wikipedia several weeks ago, and yet I'm still confronted with the locked donation plea. Could this be my setting or am I being punished for being generous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiedron (talk • contribs) 21:13, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Go to Preferences → Gadgets → Suppress display of fundraiser banners. – Thjarkur (talk) 00:11, 19 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Television vs Youtube series

In a normal infobox for a television series, there is the option to include the number of episodes. Obvious this is because there are finite episodes for series that have ended, or at least countable episodes for series that are on-going but between seasons. In this case: Good Mythical Morning a YouTube daily series, the episodes are updated daily without source under the "television" infobox template. I may be confused, but I thought WP was not a place to constantly check in and keep an update on an ongoing daily count. I'm forgetting the policy terminology, but I remember seeing it in the past when someone wanted to keep a log that forced editors to continuous update a page; i.e. "As of this date ..." In addition, due to it being YouTube, videos are taken down, blocked, updated, renamed, moved, etc. It is nearly impossible to keep track of these type of series: as can be seen on the "list of episodes" explanation for missing episodes. Please correct me if I am mistaken in this case. It wouldn't be the first time. Maineartists (talk) 22:40, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Maineartists: the basic top-level guidance for this is WP:NOTNEWS. Ther may also be Youtube-specific guidelines, but I'm not sure where to look. -Arch dude (talk) 23:04, 18 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]