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July 12

Syntax highlighting for editor on mobile view

I have enabled syntax highlighting for the 2017 wikitext editor. However, when I open the mobile edit screen, it does not have syntax highlighting. How can I enable it? I don't see any button for that. weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 04:16, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to use the 2017 wikitext editor, you'll have to edit through https://en.wikipedia.org instead of through https://en.m.wikipedia.org. The mobile editor is not the same as the 2017 wikitext editor. Rummskartoffel 16:04, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Rollback question

If one has twinkle, why would they ever need the rollback user right—how different is it from the twinkle version? Aza24 (talk) 04:51, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If I'm not wrong, Twinkle rollback looks at the history and then uses undo to revert. This results in two requests. Rollback uses one request only. When I was granted Rollback, it wasn't very different from Twinkle, except it doesn't let you un-mark it as a minor edit.

However, Rollback is required to use some tools like SWViewer and Wikipedia:Huggle. weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 05:29, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Faulty article

Hi, there seems to be a faulty statement at the beginning of the page Domestic, it seems to summarize the definition in a problematic way.

Kind regards. Murky debate 990 (talk) 11:43, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what you think is "faulty", Murky debate 990 but whatever it is you should specify it in more detail at Talk:Domestic violence against men and see if other editors can reach a WP:CONSENSUS with you to change the text. You could WP:PING a few of the others who have made recent contributions to that article. It has 139 page watchers, so plenty of other editors are interested in it. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:52, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a comma after "machismo". Does that help? Maproom (talk) 15:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed it a little. I think it's better. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 18:08, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Can you ask for a undelete after somebody has recreated the page with a redirect

Can you do a Requests for undeletion request if somebody has recreated the page you want to restore again and added a redirect? Does that mean the 2nd last version I would like to go back to is wiped permanently. Aaron106 (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, REFUND is willing to handle this kind of request. I have no idea what your second sentence means. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 13:30, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Aaron106 It would be helpful if you provided a link to the name of the article that has become a redirect. Then we could look at its page history, where the older version may well be present. Very little in Wikipedia is gone forever if you know where to look (although stuff like WP:COPYVIO may well be WP:REVDEL). Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:43, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

And, indeed, what you are looking for seems to be here Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:46, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Turnbull Kinda, but I forgot to go through Requests for undeletion page first. The page has been deleted since 2019 with somebody recreating with a redirect in 2020 but that's basically what it showed. --Aaron106 (talk) 13:49, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Turnbull My question is it is possible to restore 2019 version of the page after it got deleted with somebody recreating the page in 2020. If you were a administrator, is this possible to do --Aaron106 (talk) 14:09, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it should be according to the deletion logs here (I am not an admin). Mike Turnbull (talk) 14:13, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What to do if you think someone is targeting an article maliciously ?

Hello,

I am the subject of a wikipedia article - Nicola Green

Much of the information is incorrect or out of date. I intend to follow wikipedia’s guidelines and I will not directly edit this article. I have been advised to make suggestions on the talk page in order to improve the overall quality of this article and help (if I can) to ensure there are no factual errors.

I have followed all of wikipedia's guidelines and protocols, and yet a single editor continues to remove any edits made (despite them being approved by other editors on the talk page).

They constantly target this article, and yet, when other editors make incorrect changes to this article, this editor does not remove the factual inaccuracies. They seem to monitor my edits with such tenacity that I believe they have malicious intentions. Could someone please advise me how to proceed? Is there anyway I can stop this person from constantly removing all the changes to this article? Or perhaps there is more advice I can follow in order to have this page updated. Once the necessary changes are made is it possible to protect this page from the malicious editor?

Thank you so much NicolaGreen72 (talk) 13:08, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Follow up at Wikipedia:Teahouse#What_to_do_if_you_think_someone_is_targeting_an_article_maliciously_? to keep all replies in one place. Mike Turnbull (talk) 13:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank so much. Sorry for double posting, I wasn't sure which page to use. NicolaGreen72 (talk) 13:29, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@NicolaGreen72: I see the discussion you are having on the talk page with @Justlettersandnumbers:. He is a very experienced editor and is not a vandal. I haven't read the edit requests and have no opinion as to what you are asking, but there's probably a good reason they were not implemented. You either need to find better corroborating sources, or change the requests. One thing you should never do is edit yourself. It can be frustrating, but these policies are in place to keep anyone from doing whatever they want to change their articles, including whitewashing and removing reliable content that might be seen as negative. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 01:02, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

whats missing here

please tell which droneship mission till starlink 3-1 is missing on Autonomous spaceport drone ship page's vessel mission section. This https://spacexfleet.com/droneship-data tells us till 94 attempts, remove 2 cancelled attempts form 92 but my count says 91 for starlink 4-11. Please help out. Chinakpradhan (talk) 15:32, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There is already a section about this at Talk:Autonomous spaceport drone ship. I'm not quite sure what all of this involves, so maybe other users can have a look at the relevant talk page.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 15:57, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ok Chinakpradhan (talk) 16:22, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A few errors in a PDF file

File:Gauge Chart.pdf contains (at least) a couple of errors, probably typos. As I cannot seem to access any of the originals, I can't find if the errors were introduced by 'quoting' the table, or are actually errors in the original. I've no idea how to proceed here. (even the ISBN mentioned doesn't seem to exist 0-9720525-0-X)

Errors:

AWG 39 (first column):

Columns 3 and 4 are equal (one should be the other converted to metric)

SWG 0 (column 7):

Column 3 states 0.82296, should be 8.2296

Johncc330 (talk) 15:36, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Johncc330: Maybe delete the file on commons completely as a probable copyvio. See this. -Arch dude (talk) 19:55, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Mmmm. I would rather look for a less violent solution. The file does not show any intentional malice, and is quite useful. It also combines several more wire gauge systems, which is of educational value. I'll see if I can get the definition of the other systems and generate correct version of the table. Johncc330 (talk) 04:20, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Johncc330:That would be ideal. Please provide references to reliable sources when you do this. I'm not sure that a PDF on Commons is the best place for your work. Maybe create a very short Wikibook? I almost think this should be an actual Wikipedia article, but it doesn't quite feel like an encyclopedia article. What we really need is a WMF project to create an Open Source version of the "Handbook of Chemistry and Physics." -Arch dude (talk) 06:02, 14 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Convert template of MPH to KM per hour?

I recently created Arthur P. Yates and want to convert the 112.5 miles per hour to km per hour. Can someone put that in. Thanks.--Doug Coldwell (talk) 20:55, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Done * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 21:07, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Question about importing and the abuse filter (cross post from Wikiquote, Meta)

Can using the import or importupload user rights ever trip the abuse filter? – Ilovemydoodle (talk) 21:58, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ilovemydoodle The list of actions that an abuse filter can check against are given at mw:Extension:AbuseFilter/Rules format#Built-in variables. From the documentation it doesn't appear that the "import" action is available to check against, presumably because it's a restricted right given only to admins/importers so it shouldn't be available for disruption. 192.76.8.85 (talk) 10:47, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

My edits are removed - Please help

Dear Sir, I have made some edits but they have disappeared.(Redacted) and I have added an accurate edit to the Atlanta airport Wikipedia site and after a few hours, the edits have disappeared.In the airlines and destinations chapter of the Wikipedia page, I added Delhi to Delta Airlines and delta airlines does fly to Delhi via Amsterdam and delta airlines flies both legs and I have proof below https://www.delta.com/complete-purchase/trip-summary?cacheKeySuffix=a47644e6-be5c-49c3-9921-030ec1180f8f&cartId=da56b037-d248-4859-b398-94e74b723017&app=sl-sho

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartsfield%E2%80%93Jackson_Atlanta_International_Airport Please help in allowing me to update the wikipedia artice. Sincerely From, SpongBob1230 SpongBob1230 (talk) 22:18, 12 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delta does not fly to anywhere in India and booking engines are not reliable sources. They are not bookable and only operated by codeshare partners VS and KLM via AMS/LHR. Rzxz0839 (talk) 01:08, 13 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@SpongBob1230 Your first link is not reachable, and will not be reachable by anyone other than you. It appears to be a summary of a purchase that (maybe) you made. It redirects to a flight-search query form. 71.228.112.175 (talk) 06:21, 15 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]