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January 2

Should uncapitalized titles be capitalized to conform to title case standards in the "title" parameter for the cite web template?

When expanding a citation for this page, which I'm linking to through the Web Archive to guarantee consistency, I noticed that the on page title was all uppercase, "NATYANJALI – A SPIRITUAL AND ARTISTIC EXPERIENCE", and the web page title, the one that appears inside the tab marking, was all lowercase, "natyanjali – a spiritual and artistic experience". Should I use either the all uppercase or all lowercase versions for the "title" parameter, and if I do should I include a comment or "[sic]" mark? If not, should I then fill the "title" parameter with a version that conforms to title case? —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 00:06, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The simple answer is that they should be changed to title case, that's clear from Wikipedia:Manual of_Style/Capital letters#All caps and small caps. I personally wouldn't bother with a comment except in exceptional cases like Charles ffoulkes [sic] Jimfbleak - talk to me? 08:52, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! I just saw that you responded. —The Editor's Apprentice (Talk•Edits) 16:15, 4 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Draft needs to be put into mainspace

How do we move Draft:2019 in the United States to mainspace? while replacing a (few days ago created) less content-version 2019 in the United States article. GoodDay (talk) 02:05, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You can just edit the current page instead of replacing it with a draft.--240E:470:35:32E9:B97C:452B:3D79:432C (talk) 16:09, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Special:UnconnectedPages update schedule

Does anyone know what the update schedule is for Special:UnconnectedPages, which lists wikipedia articles having no wikidata item? I ask since I note, for instance, that Marta Jaumandreu continues to appear on the list (at position 2332 as I write) despite a wikidata sitelink having been added at 23:36, 27 December 2018‎ ... four or so days ago. That seems an excessively long time for her entry to linger, and renders the list much less useful than it might otherwise be. --Tagishsimon (talk) 07:52, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Lupton family

please add "page number 148" to reference number 69 on this page - Thanks 175.33.45.21 (talk) 10:20, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

done --Tagishsimon (talk) 10:32, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

posting new article

How to post my new artcile for the first time in wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gowsikasivakumar (talk • contribs) 10:53, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Gowsikasivakumar, and welcome to Wikipedia. Have you seen Wikipedia:Your first article? --CiaPan (talk) 11:04, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Please fix - my phone made my stake. 175.33.45.21 (talk) 13:03, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. The function you need to remember is "Undo". If you struggle to edit using your phone, you may find it easier to use a computer, or perhaps switch the setting from "Mobile view" to "Desktop view" on your phone. --David Biddulph (talk) 13:18, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Are these kind of comments, a personal attack?

@Αντικαθεστωτικός: quotes:

"It is just another hoax contribution from the same user"
"read this if you know Greek, and stop the hoax contribution"
"I dont care about your hoax opinion"

The word hoax is mentioned 25 times in the Talk:Anarchism in Greece. This mode of wording has been going on in other articles as well.

I am not very certain that it is a personal attack, but is surely very tiresome. How should I deal with it? Cinadon36 (talk) 13:24, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes but you admit with your action that it was a hoax as i suggest for months here 1! So it was a hoax, you bring a RS that you admit a hoax. I don't understand what the promblem is. I don't know very well English. Hoax is something that is not correct, and i don't put it as an insult. I am very sorry if you fell insulted, but in Greek Wikipedia you were banned for months because you falsified a source, so i try to help you. Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 13:42, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Αντικαθεστωτικός: English is not my mother tongue, either, but as far as I know 'a hoax' is not just a misinformation – it is an intentionally crafted misinformation, which is proliferated to deceive others. See Hoax:

A hoax is a falsehood deliberately fabricated to masquerade as the truth.

So when you say something is a hoax, the author reads you say they are lying. And if they are not, they consider that an insult.

When you're not convinced someone lies (tells false information deliberately), say 'this is wrong' or 'it seems incorrect' rather than 'it's a hoax'. --CiaPan (talk) 13:53, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ok i will do as you say. I am very sorry. I will replace the hoax, with what you suggest Αντικαθεστωτικός (talk) 13:56, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Cinadon36: Please see the comments above, I hope they explain the misunderstanding was a result of User:Αντικαθεστωτικός using a wrong word. --CiaPan (talk) 07:51, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks @CiaPan: for clarifying the issue. Hope thing will improve from now on.Cinadon36 (talk) 07:56, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Question

Is there anyway for visually impaired to search Wikipedia with voice or to convert Wikipedia articles to audio? The iPhone has a select all and speak function, but it does not work in Wikipedia. Thanks for your help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.126.118.142 (talk) 14:38, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There's a (very limited) set of spoken-word recordings of Wikipedia articles at Wikipedia:Spoken articles. We also have a dedicated support page at Wikipedia:Using JAWS for people using JAWS to convert Wikipedia to speech or braille. ‑ Iridescent 07:58, 3 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

How to improve content

Hey, How can I improve your content with information from my book? They are not allowing me to add the reference with the website of my book, they say is advertising, but I just want to add info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.208.67.189 (talk) 14:48, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is your book about? By whom and when was it published? Ruslik_Zero 15:11, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

If your book is selfpublished, see WP:SELFPUB and WP:CITESELF. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 15:30, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fundraising

I use Wikipedia once a month. I have been receiving messages to give each time I use the website. I checked out the IRS disclosure and Wikipedia has a large sum of money. the foundation is growing by double digits. Why is an organization that has unspent funds and endowment growing by double digits asking for more money? Please no one line answer or emotional responses. If not a thoughtful, accurate justified reply, no response is necessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.159.224 (talk) 15:57, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

You are not the first to raise such a query, but the donation appeals are out of the control of us volunteer editors who write all the articles and staff this Help desk. The people responsible are the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) who provide the framework (hardware and software) to run Wikipedia and other wikis. Their contact details are on this web page.

To avoid receiving future donation appeals yourself, you may wish to open a Wikipedia account and log in to that when you edit or read Wikipedia. You then have a "Preferences" page where you can (under the Gadgets tab) select "Suppress display of fundraiser banners": Bhunacat10 (talk), 16:32, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine it is like any organisation which wishes to last for a long time: it seeks to build reserves. The model that comes quickly to mind are universities - see, for instance Harvard University endowment. I'm not an accountant, but they seem to have assets of about $145m, which is slightly less than twice their yearly expenses [1]. That does not strike me as unjustified, and certainly doesn't suggest to me that they should desist in seeking donations. Net assets at the end of the year increased year on year from $113M (end 2016-7) to $135M (end 2017-8); expenditure in the most recent year - 2017-8 - was ~$81M. That means they entered into that year with ~137% of the funds they needed for the year. Again, given the reality of the need to pay expenses, it seems prudent to have enough money to do so, rather than relying on the expectation that the budget will be filled in the financial year. The questions seems to be, should wikipedia for some reason live a precarious hand-to-mouth existence? I'd rather it didn't. YMMV. --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:44, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The Harvard endowment was not a very good example. From SLATE SEPT. 7 2015 9:00 PM, http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2015/09/harvard_yale_stanford_endowments_is_it_time_to_tax_them.html Jordan Weissmann at Slate, He is the senior business and economics correspondent. “The joke about Harvard is that it’s a hedge fund with a university attached to it,” Mark Schneider tells me. It’s a quip that, for obvious reasons, has become pretty popular in recent years. In 2014, the university’s legendary endowment, overseen by a team of in-house experts and spread across a mind-bending array of investments that range from stocks and bonds to California wine vineyards, hit $36.4 billion. “They’re just collecting tons, and tons, and tons of money,” says Schneider, a former Department of Education official who is currently a fellow at the American Institutes for Research. Of course, normal hedge funds have to pay taxes on their earnings. Because it’s a nonprofit, Harvard doesn’t. And since bestowing tax exemptions is the same as spending cash from the government’s perspective (budgeteers call them “tax expenditures” for a reason), that means the American public effectively subsidizes Harvard’s moneymaking engine. The same goes for Stanford (endowment: $21.4 billion), Princeton (endowment: $21 billion), Yale (endowment $23.9 billion), and the country’s other elite institutions of higher education. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C40:5800:CB:3D7D:BA5E:A795:B4E8 (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP" name changed to "Honigman LLP"

Hello,

The company "Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP" has changed its name simply to "Honigman LLP"

For citation, their official website lists it this way here: https://www.honigman.com/

Could someone help change the wikipedia page name and URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honigman_Miller_Schwartz_and_Cohn — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.14.170.210 (talk) 17:22, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

done --Tagishsimon (talk) 18:33, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2019 Big 12 Conference Subcatgorie

The Big 12 Conference football subcatgorie needs to be changed from Red To Blue now. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 20:43, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

What is the page or category that has it red? Red links occur because the page or category that is linked to does not exist yet.Naraht (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

It has been moved to Articles for Creation and needs to turn blue now. 68.103.78.155 (talk) 22:14, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed, I think.Naraht (talk) 22:58, 2 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]