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February 27

Christ Church, Oxford

Ref number 39 is all wrong - please fix if able and leave in quote. Thank you - 115.70.23.77 (talk) 01:15, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Cullen328 (talk) 01:59, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Help about Elena Zamolodchikova

I need help here, please. I just put in the right correction and put the medal record of Gymnast Elena Zamolodchikova. It's all in her story. 100.2.114.167 (talk) 03:36, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You replaced a reference with what appears to be a wiki, which doesn't make for a reliable source due to its user-generated content. —Tenryuu 🐲 ( 💬 • 📝 ) 06:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Party summary of 118th Congress

I need help here. Can you see and figure it out about Party Summary of 118th Congress? Can you fix it? 100.2.114.167 (talk) 04:32, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think this must be about 118th United States Congress#Party summary. But I can't guess what you think needs fixing. Maproom (talk) 08:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question, I just did a little edit on an article to remove a spam link but it got reverted

I made a simple edit to remove a spam link: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Social+engineering+%28security%29&diff=1140714914&useskin=vector

Why did it get reverted 94.132.6.228 (talk) 09:03, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be a citation, why do you term it a "spam link"? 331dot (talk) 09:04, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The best thing to do with a question about an edit is to use the article talk page to discuss it, or ask the editor who reverted it directly. 331dot (talk) 09:05, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The link at 20 Best Social Engineering Books of All Time isn't ideal and could be seen as spammy even if this wasn't the intention.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 09:09, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ref page specification

If I use a book ref using <ref name="foo"></ref> but later on want to point back to a different page inside the ref, what must I do? Synotia (moan) 17:08, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Synotia The template {{rp}} is ideal for that. See link for details. Mike Turnbull (talk) 17:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Help:References and page numbers has some rather detailed instructions. See if that helps! --Jayron 32 17:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

trouble with linking to another Wikipedia page

On the Miss America 1933 page I wish to link the reference to Russell Patterson to his wikipedia page. I think the problem is that there are two Russell Petterson wikipedia pages, and I cannot get it to link at all much less to the right one. Any advice much appreciated. Haygenealogist (talk) 18:26, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The two articles are Russell Patterson and Russell Patterson (singer). If you want to link to the second without the disambiguator "(singer)", use a piped link thus: [[Russell Patterson (singer)|Russell Patterson]] displays as Russell Patterson.

(Actually, you can also use the pipe trick and uset the shorter [[Russell Patterson (singer)|]], which has exactly the same effect). ColinFine (talk) 18:35, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Haygenealogist, unless I'm misreading things, the Russell Patterson you're talking about seems to be a judge, not either of Russell Pattersons who have an article here at the moment. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 18:37, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm wrong, Russell Patterson was indeed a pageant official at the time. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 18:39, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Assistance for Infobox Indian state or territory

Hi! I am currently working on the {{Infobox Indian state or territory}} template and would greatly appreciate your help in developing and improving it. I am particularly interested in identifying any errors or inaccuracies in the code or the information displayed, as well as suggestions for how to make the template more useful and informative for readers.

( Yes, I am a new template editor and have less experience in it )

If you have experience working with templates or are familiar with the topic of Indian states and territories, I would greatly appreciate your input and feedback. Please review the code and parameters of the template and let me know if you find any issues or areas for improvement. Additionally, if you have any ideas for how to enhance the template or make it more user-friendly, I would be grateful for your suggestions.

Thank you in advance for your help and support in this project. Also I would like to know what should be the next step after RFC.

Tojoroy20 (talk) 20:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How to get my profile on?

Former rugby player that player for Lions, Bulls 7s, pumas, ep Kings and now sa Legends but no info on wikepedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.244.95.155 (talk) 20:42, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor, Wikipedia does not have profiles. It has encyclopedia articles which summarize what reliable sources have published about notable subjects. You haven't told us your name, so there's no way for us to check whether you have enough coverage to base an article on. The notability guideline for sporting figures and organizations is at WP:NSPORTS if you would like to take a look. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 20:58, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

After reviewing the notability guideline linked above, if you think you meet those standards then you can request that somebody writes the article. The process to do this is described at Wikipedia:Requested articles. Please remember that we are all volunteers, and nobody is employed to write these articles, so the time frame is open-ended.--Gronk Oz (talk) 22:17, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has individual articles that aren't profiles, you may request an article be created but check it meets the the relevant notability requirements first. -- StarryNightSky11 ☎ 00:42, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

AI Chat bots

I know this sounds like a wired question but please. I have made many articles included Luxembourg Rebellion and Luxembourg communist revolution, While testing ChatGPT for fun I asked it about the events. The bot provided information that was correct and some that I did not included in the orignal article. If you want you can try it for your self. What should I do, it did provide sources and links, but someone of them cost money and I have little money I am willing to spend on a wikipila article. What should I do because what it said makes since and it provided sources, I am confused and need help. 2601:2C6:C100:8B80:D22:220C:10A9:3060 (talk) 22:05, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This was made by LuxembourgLover, I forgot to log in... LuxembourgLover (talk) 22:06, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

LuxembourgLover, ChatGPT uses not just Wikipedia, but also any online resource available, which also makes it liable to errors. You can check the sources in the articles you linked, look it up on a database such as ABC-CLIO, or do a search. Sungodtemple (talk • contribs) 22:10, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@LuxembourgLover, if you kept a record of the sources it used which you can't afford, consider putting in a request for them at WP:RX. 199.208.172.35 (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@LuxembourgLover: Note also that ChatGPT is known to sometimes make up sources that don't actually exist at all. Deor (talk) 23:53, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

It's clearly learning more from Wikipedia than I suspected. Shantavira|^{feed me} 10:31, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@LuxembourgLover The developing policy regarding the use of such bots is worth a read: see WP:LLM and its Talk Page. This is a very active area of debate. Mike Turnbull (talk) 10:55, 28 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]