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January 19

Page watchers

Is there a way to see which accounts are watching a certain page? JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 08:53, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

No. Help:Watchlist#Privacy. --David Biddulph (talk) 09:16, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK thanks. JACKINTHEBOX • ^TALK 01:35, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Seeing category by new items first

Hello, say I was looking at a category with a thousand things in it and then I came back a while later to look again but I wanted the newly added articles listed first so they weren't lost in the swamp... ~ R.T.G 09:41, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@RTG: I only know a partial and cumbersome solution. You may want an alternative account with a blank watchlist for it. Place the category on your watchlist. Disable "Hide categorization of pages" at Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-watchlist or on the watchlist. The watchlist should now show additions and removals of pages in the category. It can go back up to 30 days. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:20, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Funny enough I wanted to use it on another wiki where I've only about 2 or 3 other categories on the watchlist so I was able to filter it to categories. I didn't think it would list every change there only the latest.

Resolved

thanks. ~ R.T.G 11:11, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

India map in Marathi

Searching paithan on INDIA map produces result which cut Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir from India map.Please correct the map . — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:222B:972D:BA3D:5F4D:C926:3E0 (talk) 10:12, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:India/FAQ says: "The map shows the official (de jure) borders in undisputed territory and the de facto borders and all related claims where there's a dispute; it cannot exclusively present the official views of India, Pakistan, or China. See WP:NPOV." Note that the map at India#Subdivisions also shows the Indian color for an area claimed by Pakistan but controlled by India, so Wikipedia does not side with Pakistan in the conflict. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:28, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Help needed with user page

Besides being a mess, I'm getting the message " This page contains too many expensive parser function calls". Does any kind soul have the time to take a look? Thanks. Doug Weller talk 10:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

That's probably because you're quite new to this Wikipedia thing. Just give it a kick. (sorry, but I haven't any serious suggestions). Velella ^{Velella Talk} 11:08, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls says, "As of 14 October 2010, expensive function calls are #ifexist, {{PAGESINCATEGORY}} and {{PAGESIZE}}. These pages should be edited to reduce the number of expensive calls." I understand the words but I couldn't tell you what it means. ~ R.T.G 11:16, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Previewing User:Doug Weller gives me: "Warning: This page contains too many expensive parser function calls. It should have less than 500 calls, there are now 555 calls." See Category:Pages with too many expensive parser function calls and WP:EXPENSIVE. I guess the main issue here is too many total {{PAGESINCAT:...}} in the transcluded pages. There are only 15 in the source. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:25, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: that makes sense even to me. I just have no idea what to fix. Unless maybe there's a better Admin dashboard? And would also appreciate it if someone could tidy up my userboxes, everytime I try I just make it worse. Thanks everyone else who responded, even if you couldn't helpo. Doug Weller talk 11:36, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Parser profiling data" at the bottom of a preview includes "Expensive parser function count". You can preview parts of the page to see where the high counts come from. {{dashboard}} alone gives 552 and the template page has the issue so it could be posted to the talk page. I guess processing stops somewhere on your user page when it only says 555 in total. PrimeHunter (talk) 11:50, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If {{dashboard}} is removed then you only get 9 at Expensive parser function count. Some of the 15 {{PAGESINCAT:...}} in the source are conditional. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:00, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Dashboard, which is transcluded on {{Dashboard}} itself uses 455 of the function calls, explaining the issue. I'd say use {{Admin dashboard}}. Galobtter (pingó mió) 12:10, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Galobtter and PrimeHunter: something went wrong, I answered two days ago. Anyway, thanks. Changing the dashboard worked. My userpage is still a mess but I'll try to find someone who can fix it. Doug Weller talk 12:09, 21 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Citing two article sources

Encyclopedia.com is a convenient site to read Encyclopaedia Judaica articles but I'd like to be able to cite references to a pdf edition of the EJ itself as well even though links can only be to EJ volumes rather than specific pages. Is it possible to include two references for article sources? Mcljlm (talk) 12:28, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You should cite what you read. If you read both, you can cite both. The popular {{Citation}} template or Citation style 1 templates do not support this, so you would have to write your citations in a different way, or add some information after the end of the citation template but before the final </ref> tag. Jc3s5h (talk) 12:36, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Jc3s5h I cited one source before posting my question. Should I cite the other in the same way? BTW, the notification about your reply said "Vchimpanzee‬ left a message on your talk page". Are you Vchimpanzee‬ as well as Jc3s5h?Mcljlm (talk) 04:41, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Gemeente Hengelo ROBLOX

Gemeente Hengelo ROBLOX is opgericht door: DimitryYTNL// Mede Owner: Gillian Het is gebaseerd op Hengelo Overijssel met ongeveer 81.079 inwoners

De game is aangemaakt op 20 Oktober 2017. Het record aantal spelers is ongeveer: 25 Players, De creator aka Dimitry is ook een tijdje gestopt met Hengelo door problemen met de staff en veel ruzie De game kwam weer tevoorschijn in: Juli. een leuk feitje: De neef van Dimitry helpt mee met Hengelo hij is gestart in Februari Later in 2018 kwamen sommige Co Owners terug zoals: Dean200489,Yassinswagboy etc! Dean was al eerder bij Hengelo maar omdat iedereen boos werd is het niet door gegaan.. Hengelo gaat in Febrauri 2019 open! Het idee van dat is dat het moet lijken op de echte Hengelo!

Creator: DimitryYTNL,DarrylGames1234

Co Creators: Dean200489, baardmans1234 — Preceding unsigned comment added by DimitryYTNL (talk • contribs) 14:33, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dit is een helpdesk voor het stellen van vragen en niet voor het plaatsen van de inhoud van een voorgesteld artikel. Dit is ook de Engelse Wikipedia en artikelen in het Nederlands zouden hier nooit goed zijn opgenomen. Ze zouden op de Dutch Wikipedia beloven of helemaal niet--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 15:19, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Violation Wiki policy

Please delete immediately this page. It violates Wiki policy!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Fine — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anna Budko (talk • contribs) 17:23, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I reverted the last three edits by IPs, and Martin of Sheffield did the same. An administrator might delete the whole article or revdel the possible libel. Dbfirs 17:31, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I see that Cullen328 has now improved the article, and protected it against further vandalism. If you have any further suggestions for improvement, please suggest them on the talk page. Dbfirs 08:06, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Article review?

Hello. Is there a place where Wikipedia editors can ask for peer review with a article draft? Thanks. Am new. 162.200.70.94 (talk) 21:00, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, if you have posted the draft to Draft: space, and you are ready for review, you can add {{subst:submit}} to the top (including the curly brackets). More generally, see WP:Your first article for how to create an article. —teb728 t c 22:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Login Problem

Hi, For some reason I was logged off and I can't seem to log back on. I believe my log in name is correct and my email is for sure. Who should I contact? Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:60C4:9300:3130:4C15:7821:F25F (talk) 22:20, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there. What happens when you try to log in? I'm afraid we can't do much without knowing more details.--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 22:44, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Skygazer, I try to reset my password with that link that gives you the option of either sending your user name or email address, I chose the email but to no avail, Im not getting an email back at all. I know this email address is solid with Wiki so Im not sure who to contact and I dont want to lose my login name. Any help or advice would be appreciated. p.s. I did try my user name in the same circumstance with no reply from Wiki. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:E000:60C4:9300:5C3E:6D65:EF40:A36A (talk) 23:26, 19 January 2019 (UTC) All is good, I had to sign up again! Thanks, — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlexTabner (talk • contribs) 00:42, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page with dozens of Wikipedia symbols

I once found a page that listed all of the various Wikipedia symbols. (Or maybe, they are HTML mark-up codes for symbols?) I can't seem to find it anymore. Can someone please provide the correct link? Thanks. For example, it would have an entry like this: {{checkmark}} ... and it would say "this code will produce a checkmark, such as this: ✓ ." It had dozens of these symbols ... like happy faces, sad faces, yes, no, maybe, awards, nominations, win, lose, tie, gold, silver, bronze, etc. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 22:38, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are you thinking of this List of discussion templates? nwatra (talk) 22:47, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro: There's also this, which might be useful for templates in general.--SkyGazer 512 ^{Oh no, what did I do this time?} 22:49, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

... or else {{Done/See also}}?: Bhunacat10 (talk), 23:01, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is no page with all symbols. There are many specialized pages with some symbols. {{Smiley}} and {{Table cell templates}} have many of the items on your list. The latter is mostly for text and color, not symbols. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:03, 19 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Joseph A. Spadaro:You may wish to start at the Unicode article. It links to many, many Unicode character set articles. -Arch dude (talk) 16:48, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, all. Those were exactly the pages that I was looking for. Thank you. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:55, 20 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]