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September 23

Peninsula Grammar

Please make the recently added school crest (in info. box) on this page smaller so that it is clearer. I cannot do this. Thanks 175.38.42.62 (talk) 00:22, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have set the display size to 128px like the uploaded file.[1] PrimeHunter (talk) 01:05, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

And I have replaced that with "frameless" to conform with MOS:IMAGESIZE. Bazza (talk) 09:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Reader add question to article, suggestion

Hi,

I think readers of Wikipedia articles should be able to send in or add a question to the article so that editors can go and add an answer to it. Or are readers supposed to find their way to Reference Desk? If a question is answered will editors add it in the article? I still think many questions are missed because readers can not directly add them on the webpage of the Wikipedia article.

For example today I searched in Google for what is the PH (acidity level) of Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid) but I could not find it with Google search engine nor was it told about in Wikipedia's article about Vitamin B5. Instead I found info about in what PH environment Vitamin B5 does not break down, which is is not an answer to my question.

So I felt I wanted to add the question and get a notification mail when an editor adds an answer to the question.

To keep a nice look of Wikipedia articles maybe the questions added by readers might not have to stay visible, but they can be seen if clicked on a hyperlink or something like that. Current editors of the article though can get notified of new questions. Maybe it is also posted on some bulletin board for all topic relevant editors.Frer8833 (talk) 06:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Frer8833.Talk:Pantothenic acid is the proper place to discuss improvement of that article about the chemical sometimes called Vitamin B5. Questions and suggestions about article content do not belong in the article itself, since we already have a place for that, namely the talk page. Cullen328 (talk) 06:40, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I see but I think many questions never make it to the talk page. With a 'click here to send in a very short question and check back later to see if it is answered' button for simple readers many more questions might come in. If readers want to ask more pro, detailed and long questions they can be referenced to talk page. Frer8833 (talk) 06:49, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All questions should go on the talk page, regardless of if they are long or short. You seem to want Wikipedia to function more like a search engine and less like an encyclopedia. 331dot (talk) 06:53, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Questions that are about improving the article should go on the talk page. General questions about the subject of an article do not belong anywhere in Wikipedia except the Reference desk. ColinFine (talk) 11:14, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Pantothenic acid (like any acid) does not, of itself, have a pH. A solution of it in water has a pH, which depends on the concentration of the solution. Maproom (talk) 07:24, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Frer8833 The relevant measure of the acidity of an acid is its pKa. This figure for pantothenic acid is in the chembox, with the value of 4.41, which is in the typical range for a simple carboxylic acid. So, for example, acetic acid has a pKa of 4.756. When I search Google for vitamin B5, the information panel on the right has the figure (from Wikipedia) as its last entry. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for your information. Frer8833 (talk) 11:33, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

hacked page Valérie Grumelin

Hello, my page was hacked by a detractor, how can I fix it, this page was created a long time ago and I do not have access, thank you for helping me 2A02:8429:1236:701:E52D:3569:10B2:E218 (talk) 07:45, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link to the article? Note that it is not "your page", but an article about you. 331dot (talk) 07:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Article is here Valérie Grumelin-Halimi it has not been hacked, it was poorly sourced and you probably don't meet the notability requirements so I have tagged accordingly. Theroadislong (talk) 07:58, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IP editor. If you have well-sourced additions or changes to suggest to that biography, please make them on its Talk Page at Talk:Valérie Grumelin-Halimi using the template {{Edit COI}} and it should be dealt with quite quickly. More instructions at WP:EDITREQUEST. Mike Turnbull (talk) 11:13, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

About adding my webpage article

hey guys i wanna create a page on Wikipedia about my tech. website: <redacted spamlink> , I'm kind of worried how can i publish it live on wiki. Help! Lekhurajj (talk) 11:27, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Lekhurajj Absolutely not, this looks to be promotion which is strictly prohibited on Wikipedia. We are not a business directory or an advertising platform. Please read WP:NOT. Qcne (talk) 11:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Addition of a famous Pashto Famous singer Kishwar Sultan

Hi, I would like to request for the addition of a Pashto Singer Kishwar Sultan as there is no information about her on Wikipedia, she was a famous Pashto singer and sung more then 5000 Songs in Pashto, Persian and Urdu language, I am adding few links of her performance here for your reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5MvO41dADA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nkk8zH79EU&list=OLAK5uy_nOi2YtMnsy1E8e5vE-Ez4ZAwLjKgEz_Ec

she was the first lady in Pashto singing wo got the President medal for Pride of Performance which is the highest award for art and culture.

I am her son and I can be contacted if any information, video or picture is required Thanks Khalid Khan <redacted> 14.192.149.138 (talk) 11:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Khalid.

Only musicians who pass our strict WP:NSINGER criteria may have an article written about them. Please check that link for the criteria we need. Qcne (talk) 11:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that Wikipedia is not interested in what the subject of an article says or wants to say about themselves, or what their associates say about them. Wikipedia is only interested in what people who have no connection with the subject, and who have not been prompted or fed information on behalf of the subject, have chosen to publish about the subject in reliable sources. This means that there can be an article about your mother only if those independent sources exist: nothing that she said, did, or created can contribute to an article unless somebody else has written about it. Also nothing that you know about her can go into the article unless it has been published.

Finally, please note that there are restrictions on editing with a conflict of interest, such as you have. ColinFine (talk) 22:06, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

How do I request wikipedia to delete all my information

Can I exercise RTBF, CCPA, GDPR etc to request wikipedia to delete all of my information (I am asking this logged out) from my account. The same handle I use for my account got to be associated with my identity to some people, they searched this up and found some archives where I submitted an article and got rejected. The same article (and article title) was about a place where I live, and I do not want people to know where I reside. This is potentially dangerous to me in real life. 103.164.25.16 (talk) 13:03, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi IP editor. Wikipedia accounts can not be deleted, but you may request a Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. Qcne (talk) 13:46, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To remove personal information in confidence and without revealing the name of the account, please follow the procedure at Wikipedia:Oversight. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:47, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Translating citations - where do I go for help?

Currently working on the page Police vehicles in Japan, and all barring four citations (which I'd just rescued from bare URL status) are in Japanese Kanji characters and largely appear to be unformatted, too. Given how there is no equivalent page for this article on the Japanese Wikipedia (although the article 'Japanese police' has a much smaller police fleet section), I don't think this is a very good look.

However, where would I go for professional translators to head in and sort the citations out? Is there a WikiProject out there for Japanese to English translators? I've realised trying to bang the bare citations into Google Translate isn't going to do the trick - does the following read as one or two citations, for example?

 ``Kojien 6th edition ``Patrol car, ``Meikyo Japanese Dictionary 2nd edition ``Patrol car (translated from 『広辞苑』第六版「パトロールカー」、『明鏡国語辞典』第二版「パトロールカー」。)

Hullian111 (talk) 13:28, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Hullian111: You could try Wikipedia:Translators available#Japanese-to-English or Wikipedia:Reference desk/Language. Wikipedia volunteers will not necessarily be professional translators. TSventon (talk) 13:54, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I'll be sure to have a look in that direction when I find the time. I know of the whole 'professional translators' thing, but I think the bare minimum might just be that the citations are at least somewhat readable in English. Hullian111 (talk) 14:46, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In this case Google translate doesn't look too bad, as a Google search confirms that Kōjien and Meikyo Japanese Dictionary are both Japanese dictionaries, however WP:MACHINE warns against unedited machine translations. TSventon (talk) 15:19, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

In that particular case, it is clear that a dictionary definition of "patrol car" would add nothing to a Wikipedia article. ColinFine (talk) 22:08, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Afd

Can some administrator please take care of this expired Afd? Thankyou. zoglophie 15:22, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anzeiger des Westens

Have found a photo of Anzeiger des Westens editorial board members (five) for around 1860 in a family album. Would like to publish on the Anzeiger page, but cannot figure out how to insert it in the article. Hagenr1 (talk) 15:38, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please see Wikipedia:Uploading images. Shantavira|^{feed me} 15:49, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Uw-live updates

A few moments ago I've warned a user using this template but after making the edit, the template documentation has appeared even though it didn't before 11 July 2023. There should be a way to fix that while keeping the documentation there like Template:Footyiu which, while notifying users, does not show that documentation. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 16:09, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Iggy the Swan: I guess you refer to [2]. You used {{Liveupdate}} which had an error I have now fixed.[3] Your attempted fix [4] was to {{Uw-live updates}} which had no such error. PrimeHunter (talk) 21:30, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I didn't realise there were two versions but thanks for fixing that problem. By previewing, I can see there will not be any errors before warning users again. Iggy (Swan) (Contribs) 10:30, 24 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

accuweather charges

How do I contact accuweather about being charged for service and not getting it 2600:1700:8830:F130:EDF4:B2D1:65F4:F49E (talk) 17:26, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there! This help desk is only for Wikipedia. You might be successful by visiting https://corporate.accuweather.com/company/contact/ Good luck! GoingBatty (talk) 18:11, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The Unicorn Tapestries (move & redirect)

I've been working on cleaning up The Unicorn Tapestries, and moved it from "The Hunt of the Unicorn" to its current title. I didn't post this move for discussion as I thought it would be uncontroversial ("The Hunt of the Unicorn" is antiquated, no current sources refer to it by this title) - but I'm realizing it would have been a good idea regardless to at least put it up for a technical request! A redirect already existed from "the unicorn tapestries" to another article (which should have been moved regardless; all google searches for "the unicorn tapestries" turn up results for the subject of the article I was editing). I changed the redirect so that it's now "the unicorn tapestries" -> The Unicorn Tapestries, which eliminated confusion but obviously redundant. I looked at the redirects for discussion page to see how to handle this, but I'm a little confused. I'm pretty sure all that needs to happen is for the redirect to be deleted, but I'm not sure if it falls under any speedy deletion criteria.

Help appreciated and a trout to the face accepted! Remainsuncertain (talk) 17:27, 23 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]