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February 16

How to make a Facebook post archive in case the post disappears someday?

There is a Facebook fan page made by Cartoon Network branch in my country, and it has been months since last time it had updates. Some said that something's happening, and I am afraid that the fan page and its posts may be gone someday. I failed to archive the said posts via archive.is or Wayback Machine (especially the latter one, what I can actually save is the login page of Facebook). Is there another way to archive the page? That is the only source I can use to use in some statements I used in certain articles here. - George6VI (talk) 01:46, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@George6VI: This is a forum for answering questions about editing Wikipedia. Do you have a question about Wikipedia? TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 07:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtempleton: The thing is, there are some Facebook posts I already used in articles as references. If someday these Facebook posts become unavailable, will the sentences I wrote according to them become unreferenced? - George6VI (talk) 11:38, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@George6VI: No, you can't. You can archive Twitter posts. 09:24, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a total nightmare. People barely uses Twitter in the place I live. - George6VI (talk) 11:38, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@George6VI: I misunderstood your question. I would avoid using Facebook as a source because it's unreliable. Screenshots can be easily manipulated. Also, as of January 2011, the Internet Archive stopped archiving Facebook pages. If the goal is to report something significant that was posted on Facebook, you'll be better off finding media coverage of the posting, which would work as a source. Otherwise, if the posting isn't reported, is it really significant? TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 19:29, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Timtempleton: Here's the case. I translated a featured article, Adventure Time, to a Chinese version, and the latter becomes another featured article too. Out of 383 references used, only 34 are in Chinese. Most of the available local news are basically commercials, and the air dates in history are now only can be found in Facebook posts (people don't care dubs). If they can't be used, or they may be gone someday, I don't know what I can add in terms of local info, because even who dubbed Adventure Time can nowhere be found in the range of Internet. I tried my best not to make the article just a translated version, yet there are so few can be added. - George6VI (talk) 02:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Setting different sigfigs on a ranged convert template

I have a convert template like {{convert|20|to|60|cm}} which displays 20 to 60 centimetres (7.9 to 23.6 in). I would like to set the significant figures for the first number to 1 and the for the second number to 2 such that it displays 20 to 60 centimetres (8 to 24 in). Any tricks for doing that? If not I'll just handwrite it. Thanks. Brycehughes (talk) 06:57, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Brycehughes: {{convert|20|to|60|cm|0}} rounds to integers which works here: 20 to 60 centimetres (8 to 24 in). PrimeHunter (talk) 07:44, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cheers thanks for that. Brycehughes (talk) 07:47, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

In the news

Dear editors,

Today's reference in "In the news" section to the victory of The Popular Front in the 1936 Spanish general election ("The Popular Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, came to power in the Spanish general election, precipitating the Spanish Civil War five months later") is painfully misleading. Winning a democratic election should not be described as something that triggers or precipitates a civil war per se. The Spanish Civil War was the result of a failed coup d'etat against the government that emerged from that legitimally chosen coalition. If something "precipitated" the Civil War was the coup, not the Popular Front winning the election.

I really hope you can fix that.

Daniel Verdú — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.77.134.251 (talk) 08:09, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I think you mean On This Day, not In The News. Issues with Main Page items should be reported to the appropriate section of WP:ERRORS. 331dot (talk) 08:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Where to find list of old deleted physics related articles?

I find this one, but it only contain recent deleted articles, but I want old list also. Rizosome (talk) 09:22, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Rizosome: Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts/Archive. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:25, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Clarification

As per MOS:NICKCRUFT, "foreign language details can make the lead sentence difficult to understand" and should be "avoided". However, there are articles, like Matthias Corvinus, with 5 foreign-language names. Which are the recommendations is such cases? 77wonders (talk) 10:20, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

77wonders My personal recommendation: Do it like David and Adam's Bridge, if weeding can be controversial. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 13:26, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Babs_Omotowa

Hello, the above has remained in the "Draft" area for several weeks/month - appreciate this be approved and enabled to go-live. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Babs102020 (talk • contribs) 10:54, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

See "Improving your odds of a speedy review" in the template at the bottom of the draft, that can help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 11:34, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Babs102020: I moved the yellow template to the top of the draft for better visibility. The category at the bottom of your draft shows it was submitted on 8 January, and the yellow template states "This may take 4 months or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 4,385 pending submissions waiting for review." GoingBatty (talk) 15:25, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

One minor aspect on which you can work while you're waiting is MOS:REFPUNCT. --David Biddulph (talk) 11:39, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that MOS:SURNAME suggests that, apart from the earliest reference to the full name of the subject of the article, he should only be referred to as "Omotowa" throughout the rest of it. Currently you have used "Babs" everywhere. Mike Turnbull (talk) 16:23, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Section headers

FYI

– added section header. GoingBatty (talk) 15:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I have recently made a few edits adjusting the size and prominence of section headers in articles.

At least two of those edits have been redacted by another editor as apparent vandalism, which they certainly were not.

Is there anyway to suggest changes without making them?

So that others can make the judgment? --BiliousBob (talk) 15:32, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: There is no need to add <big>...</big> to section headers. Please see MOS:HEADINGS. GoingBatty (talk) 15:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: You should also read MOS:TEXT. --David Biddulph (talk) 16:53, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

So, after reading several articles about formatting on Wikipedia, it seems that some attempts I have made to correct header size within an article were based on correct coding not producing results visible to me.

I view Wikipedia on an iPhone, I don’t know if that makes a difference. --BiliousBob (talk) 16:11, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: If you are viewing Wikipedia on your phone's browser (e.g. Safari), you may want to use the Wikipedia app instead. GoingBatty (talk) 16:17, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As a Safari on iPhone user I’d disagree. Tools such as Earwigs copyvio detector, citation bot and afd stats etc are useful on browser. Also user scripts on desktop view. SK2242 (talk) 22:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: I guess the point is that we generally try not to do ad-hoc HTML formatting in articles, instead relying on the stylesheets defined in the various skins for the types of elements implemented in wikitext (headings, bold, italics, tables, etc.) to give articles a consistent look, accessibility, cross-platform compatibility, etc. If there's something "wrong" with the results, that could probably be brought up at WP:VPT with the details of which article, skin, platform, etc. —[AlanM1 (talk)]— 06:43, 19 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not significant enough!

Hello I tried to give my contribution in one of the areas. I was not allowed to create the article because, allegedly, the person I wanted to write about is not significant enough. When I listed people with existing articles that are of equal or lesser importance I got the answer that omissions happen. I want to give my contribution by giving you examples of these "omissions" as candidates for deletion. Can we continue to cooperate in this field? Thanks in advance! Interested — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.2.98.213 (talk) 16:11, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No. Please read WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. Until this policy changes, your approach will be unproductive. If you wish to discuss changes to this policy, but not this specific case, then go to Wikipedia talk:Other stuff exists. After you get consensus to change this policy, you can re-argue your case. The proper way to get your article accepted is to establish the notability if your subject. See WP:N. Nothing else will succeed: see WP:AMOUNT. -Arch dude (talk) 16:29, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

No, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is an essay, though a pretty good one. WP:GNG and WP:BASIC however, are guidelines. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 16:59, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You said you want to give examples of other articles as candidates for deletion. There are 3 approaches to marking articles (and other types of pages) that should be deleted for the attention of admins. Speedy deletion is for obvious junk, like pages that are pure vandalism (something like "Mr. Johnson is a teacher at my school and he's a poopyhead!"). Proposed deletion is for things that are uncontroversial, but don't fit any of the critera for obvious candidates that are listed in the speedy criteria. Then there is Articles for deletion (AFD), which is for articles need some discussion; articles there are subject to a 7 day discussion period, where people opine if they think the article can be salvaged or not, they will look for sources to see if the article meets notability guidelines (as you said above, "significant enough"), try to re-write problematic parts, etc. At the end of 7 days an admin will assess the discussion to see if there is consensus to keep or delete the article, and take appropriate action. Please review the links I just gave you to assess which method of deletion is appropriate for the articles you have in mind, and take the appropriate action. As an IP user, you may encounter difficulties with AFD, since it requires you to create a subpage for the discussion. You can get around that by creating an account, or you can ask for help using the {{help me}} template on your talk page. ~ ONUnicorn^{(Talk|Contribs)}problem solving 17:10, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Viewing Wikipedia with Safari on iPhones

Shouldn’t Wikipedia formatting appear correctly on mobile phones, including iPhones, using Safari?

Shouldn’t require using the app, should it? --BiliousBob (talk) 16:33, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I checked another browser I have on my iPhone, and the same wrong interpretations of correct Wikipedia coding appear on the Brave browser when viewed in desktop mode (same as in Safari desktop mode).

Using the Wikipedia app, or viewing the pages in Safari or Brave browser in mobile mode look fine. --BiliousBob (talk) 16:50, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: Could you please give an example of an article that has a "wrong interpretation of correct Wikipedia coding" when being viewed in Safari desktop mode? Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 17:18, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you view the Wikipedia page for “calzone” on iPhone using Safari, or the Brave browser, you will see that the header “History” is in a smaller font than it should be, based on the correct Wikipedia coding used.

The coding is very simple, the sections should be correctly ranked. BiliousBob (talk) 17:41, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: I don't see a "History" section header in the Calzone article. I do see that the "Regional variations" header appears to be a little smaller than "Cultural notes". Do all the "wrong interpretations" appear after the table of contents? GoingBatty (talk) 18:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: Based on your edits I guess you mean Genovese sauce#History. The heading has the correct size for me in the mobile version on an iPhone with Safari. Don't add <big>...</big> to headings. PrimeHunter (talk) 09:24, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@BiliousBob: Click the edit link or pencil icon at a section heading to post to an existing discussion. I can now see your issue in the desktop version on an iPhone. After many tests I have made User:PrimeHunter/Small level 2 header issue. It can happen when the horizontal ruler below a level 2 heading (meaning "== Heading ==") is shortened due to content to the right. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:35, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PrimeHunter: Thank you for letting me know, and doing the tests.

Editing links

I haven’t tried to do this yet, but as I read about cuisine around the world, there are several links I have seen that go to a country, an area, or a city, but do not connect to the culture or cuisine part of the article.

Seems that more specific connectivity would be better.

I will read up on it before I try it. BiliousBob (talk) 17:09, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BiliousBob, MOS:SECTIONLINKS may help. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 17:17, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Re: "America's Voice Live"

It is not defunct. It is very much alive as "Real America's Voice" and it's on Dish Network channel 219 AMVO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.177.152.65 (talk) 18:10, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you have a suggestion to improve a Wikipedia article, please suggest it on the article's talk page, along with a reliable source. Thanks! GoingBatty (talk) 19:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Shalev Alon

Hello There I have tried to upload a new article about Shalev Alon and i have received a decline saying that there was a "Conflict of Interest" I will be happy to know what i need to do to change that and have the page confirmed Thank you so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by S.A Mixing (talk • contribs) 18:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@S.A Mixing: If you do have a conflict of interest regarding Draft:Shalev Alon, you must disclose this on your user page - you can do so with {{UserboxCOI}}. The language in your draft is too promotional (e.g. "pursue the passion for music", "another great opportunity", "amazing new songs", "amazing music producers and composers"). You also need to provide independent sources for the information included in the draft. GoingBatty (talk) 19:15, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@S.A Mixing:, please don't ask the same question on multiple pages (afc help desk, the tea room, here and KylieTastic's talk page). It wastes time and editors volunteer on more than one page so they can spot duplicate questions. TSventon (talk) 19:31, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

not happy with statement about me in Wiki

To whom it may concern, This statement about me is really weird and so wrong. I would like it to have it remove immediately. The statement is (Redacted) regards, Robert D. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.227.243.125 (talk) 20:01, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia articles summarize what independent reliable sources state. If those sources are summarized incorrectly, please discuss it on the article talk page. If there is a libelous statement about you in an article, please follow the instructions at WP:LIBEL. 331dot (talk) 20:09, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That was a bit of anonymous unsourced vandalism and has been removed from the article Robert DeMayo. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:10, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Tigurats

FYI

– Heading created by Tenryuu.

Hello there,

My article titled "Tigurats" has been removed by wikipedia for lack of evidences of the etymological source of Tigurats. I have now new information answering your queries and I would like my article retrieved to my main page so that I can edit it to meet the level of standard required by Wikipedia. Besides, the information from my removed page have been used in other articles in Wikipedia and you can see article titled "Tigrinya" to confirm my claim. I look forward to hearing a positive response from you.

Thanks,

Mesfun Gebregergis — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mesfun Ghebregergis (talk • contribs) 21:45, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Mesfun Ghebregergis: If you have reliable sources that can be used, I suggest following the deletion review process to propose that the article be restored. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 22:00, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Courtesy link: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tigurats TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 22:02, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to have to disagree with Tenryuu's suggestion, DRV is not the proper route to go unless you are objection to the deletion process itself. WP:REFUND seems like the appropriate course here, the page can be restored as a draft as opposed to a live article and can be worked on to rectify the sourcing issues identified in the deletion discussion. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:20, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I was sent the following message from deletion review.

Not done – this Requests for Undeletion process is only for articles that were deleted uncontroversially, and does not apply to articles deleted after a deletion discussion. Since the article you are here about was deleted after a discussion took place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tigurats, it cannot be undeleted through this process. However, if you believe that the outcome of the discussion did not reflect the consensus of the participants, or that significant new information has come to light since the article was deleted, you may contact the administrator who closed the discussion, Girth Summit (talk · contribs). After you do so, if your concerns are not addressed and you still seek undeletion, a request may be made at deletion review. — JJMC89 (T·C) 06:14, 17 February 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mesfun Ghebregergis (talk • contribs)

Kamala Harris page

The Kamala Harris page needs an edit to her nationality. She is not African American/Indian she is Jamaican/Indian as her father was from Jamaica and her mother was from India. She should not be considered part of the black community because Jamaicans take offense to being called black. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:480:C381:AB0:D6F:F77C:789C:86C3 (talk) 21:52, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

You can read the FAQ about this on the article's talk page at Talk:Kamala Harris. RudolfRed (talk) 21:56, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Need Help Changing Broken Link Referenced on Wikipages

Old Reference Linked to University Wikipages that has been discontinued. I have created my own website with the information referred to in this wiki: Cold Lake First Nations - Wikipedia

Old 8. Colliness, Shari. "The Intergenerational Legacies of Saskatchewan Indian Residential Schools: Social Workers, and the Medicine Wheel." Unworthy Dominance. 7 November 2010. Web. 1 March 2014.

New 8. Colliness, Shari. “The Intergenerational Legacies of Saskatchewan Indian Residential Schools: Social Workers, and the Medicine Wheel” Heart of the Nations-#IndigenousLivesMatter. 7 November 2010. Web. 1 March 2014.

Linked Address: The Intergenerational Legacies of Saskatchewan Indian Residential Schools (heartofthenations.ca)Colliness (talk) 22:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Colliness:

Done Next time you have a suggestion for a specific article, you can post your request on that article's talk page (e.g. Talk:Cold Lake First Nations. Happy editing! GoingBatty (talk) 05:47, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SIGCOV or routine?

This Yorkshire Post news article is about a bus enthusiast making a cake modelled on a bus to mark the occasion of company Connexionsbuses scrapping one of their routes. Would this constitute of decent coverage of the bus company or is it just a routine thing? SK2242 (talk) 23:08, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's not routine, SK2242 - it's out of the ordinary - but it doesn't contain a significant amount of information about Connexionsbuses. If the baking of the cake is felt to be encyclopaedic (I'm undecided), then this would be a good source for it, but it does nothing for notability of the company. --ColinFine (talk) 00:20, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Feedback on nominating page for deletion

I tagged a page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WolfSSL) for COI in November, hoping to spur some discussion on the Talk page or action from editors willing and interested enough to revise the page. There has been none, leading me to believe that it should be nominated for deletion, but the lack of dialogue also leads me to be cautious about acting unilaterally. I would much appreciate an additional set of eyes to review the page and situation to concur on appropriate next steps. Thanks! PedanticWithoutACause (talk) 23:12, 16 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@PedanticWithoutACause: feel free to nominate the article - the deletion discussion draws more attention to it. If you can figure out a way to improve the article so you don't think it should be deleted, that would be ideal, but otherwise, nominate it and see what the community thinks. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 01:19, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]