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July 20[edit]

Template 2018 Big 12 Baseball Standings[edit]

Can you Move the 2018 Big 12 Baseball standings Template from the talk to the draft page please. 2600:8803:7A00:976A:5081:1410:A644:496B (talk) 03:30, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

You need to correct the format first. --David Biddulph (talk) 03:43, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I manage a band, and they have an old picture with a member no longer in the group on their page. How can I get it updated?[edit]

I manage the band Dälek, and their profile picture is 9 years old, and also has a former member in the picture. I would like to see this picture replaced with something more recent, and of higher quality. I also would like to know if there is a way to add another album to their discography. I would try to make the edits myself, but I don't want to violate Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. PAGE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A4lek — Preceding unsigned comment added by Unitedaudioworkers (talk • contribs) 03:35, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Adding an album to the discography would probably be fine, but if you want to be safe regarding WP:COI the best way is to make an edit to the talk page requesting the change you want.

In the case of photographs, the best thing to do would be to take a picture of the band today yourself, upload it to [commons.wikimedia.org] under a free license, and then again request an edit on the talk page. Alternatively, if you know of a more up-to-date freely-licensed image, you can request that that be used on the talk page. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 08:36, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

There's also a page related to this matter, here. Seagull123 Φ 18:02, 23 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

no more use of talk pages?[edit]

I made an edit (791272342). It was backed up by media files I provided. Then it was reverted by an experienced user masqueradiing as an ip. no references for the revert was given, no message on my talk page or the article talk page. the same happened on the correspondening german page. At least the reverter did not hide behind an ip. but still no message on the talk page. only the proposal to add the info instead to another page - but that does not exist. WMF spends money to attract new authors. but when one shows up, he gets bitten away. Is it no more usual to discuss things? --Schelm500 (talk) 03:57, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The IP gave an explanation in the edit summary of the reversion. --David Biddulph (talk) 04:22, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@Schelm500: The English Wikipedia allows anonymous editing. Even if the IP has an account (which I see no evidence of), editing without logging in is only disallowed by Wikipedia:Sock puppetry in certain cases I see no sign of here. It's relatively rare and not required to post to the talk page when you revert an edit. Explaining it in the edit summary is correct. A revert causes an alert with a "View changes" link where the edit summary is displayed. The reversion in the German Wikipedia also explained it in the edit summary.[1] The mentioned page "0-Euro-Schein" does exist: de:0-Euro-Schein. I found it by copy-pasting the quoted name to the search box. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:21, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The reversion was this edit, Schelm500, with the reason given that 0 euro is not an official banknote. I don't know if that is correct or not, but that was the reason given. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:06, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's a collector's item without face value, as detailed in the German article, so this was correcly reasoned. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 02:13, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Weird placement of photos in iPhone 7 article[edit]

Hi! In the wikitext on the iPhone 7 article, the port comparison photo is located in the "Hardware" section, but for me, the actual page shows that photo in the "Performance issues" section. That's weird. Is anybody else experiencing this? LocalNet (talk) 10:34, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed with {{stack}}.[2] PrimeHunter (talk) 10:56, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! :) LocalNet (talk) 10:58, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion regarding addition of a new page in Rafael Nadal.[edit]

Sir I would like to request you that please add a page named legacy in the wiki of Rafael Nadal and describe his legacy. I have seen these kind of pages in many other sportpersons wikipedia. Rafael Nadal is one of the legends of tennis, so I would like to you to please add this page and describe his legacy.THANK YOU — Preceding unsigned comment added by 183.87.14.250 (talk) 10:38, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Rafael Nadal has lots of articles including List of career achievements by Rafael Nadal, Rafael Nadal career statistics and 13 season articles in a subcategory. He is probably in the top-5 for most Wikipedia articles about athletes. I don't know what kind of legacy page you refer to. I haven't seen one and you gave no example. PrimeHunter (talk) 10:51, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help:Cite errors/Cite error ref no input[edit]

hi. I'm trying to put posters for films but I cant seem to put it where can you put posters at? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkimaster11 (talk • contribs)

Hello, Jkimaster11. What are you trying to do? As far as I can see from your contributions, you have uploaded new versions of a number of posters, but haven't edited any articles. --ColinFine (talk) 20:55, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Citations[edit]

I'm trying to write a more detailed history of St. James Cathedral (Chicago) for which I am the associate for administration. What format should I use to cite historical facts from outside sources? MLA? APA? Chicago?

Thanks!

AT — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ataylor65 (talk • contribs) 16:40, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Ataylor65! Thanks for your interest and upfront disclosure about your affiliation with St. James Cathedral. This is somewhat of a tricky situation at Wikipedia, since contributors who are associated with organizations (paid, volunteers, etc) are discouraged from editing. If you quickly take a look here: A Plain and Simple Conflict of Interest Guide you'll get a better understanding of the reasons why. However, this should not deter you from expressing your concerns, views and requests. Please visit the Talk Page for the article, disclosure your affiliation, make friends with the editors for the page, bring all reliable sources to their attention; and ask if they will contribute and edit on your behalf. I applaud your honesty. Most editors would just edit the page and never disclose their connections. Cheers! Maineartists (talk) 17:31, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To answer the question you originally asked, Ataylor65, Wikipedia does not have one standard citation format, but will accept any reasonable format. See WP:CITEVAR. However, a given article should use a consistent format, so if all the cites in a given article already use a particular format, stick with that one. If you choose to use our Citation templates, then our home-grown styles CS1 or CS2 will be used, which are similar to Chicago, but not identical. See Referencing for Beginners and the pages linked from there.

When adding suggestions to a talk page for insertion into an article, you can use {{request edit}} to draw attention to them and ask that they be reviewed and added to the article. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:14, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Help: Coke Studio[edit]

Hi! Please see 'Talk:Coke Studio (Pakistan)#Any update?'. There is much repitition in the page and its subpages. Also, see Category:Coke Studio, which may not follow WP:SUBCAT properly. Here, I want to take help to make request on WP:AfD for redirect/deletion of 'List of Coke Studio (Pakistan) episodes', and many useless categories, to avoid repititions with Coke Studio (Pakistan) seasons' pages (S1-S10). Also, I want to have a userbox for the show (sample code here). And please guide what to do on Portal:Coke Studio (Pakistan). Need help, hope for your kind response. Thanks! :) M.Billoo2000 (talk · contribs) 16:47, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like there were responses.— Vchimpanzee • talk • contributions • 20:02, 24 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Concus[edit]

Would someone please look at this article, make any formatting changes required by Wikipedia, and if possible transform it into a formatted article suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia? Thank you.

<Copyright violation removed. @Clarityfiend: Please always, at the least, blank copyright violations, if not blank and then ask for redaction using {{Copyvio-revdel}}--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:26, 20 July 2017 (UTC)>[reply]

Some selected research papers (from Google Scholar and MathSciNet)

with Robert Finn: “On the Behavior of a Capillary Surface in a Wedge", Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 63 (2) 292-299 June 1969

with Gene H. Golub and Dianne P. O’Leary: “A Generalized Conjugate Gradient Method for the Numerical Solution of Elliptic Partial Differential Equations”, Sparse Matrix Computations, J.R. Bunch and D.J. Rose, eds, Academic Press 1976, 309-332.

with Robert Finn and Mark Weislogel, “Capillary Surfaces in an Exotic Container: Results from Space Experiments, J. Fluid Mech. 394, 1999, 119-135.

128.3.5.108 (talk) 21:35, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

One major problem is that much of this is a word-for-word copy of his bio at the US Department of Energy, which is copyrighted. Clarityfiend (talk) 21:48, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, Clarityfiend, why do you say it's copyrighted? Why isn't this {{PD-USGov-DOE}}? Nyttend (talk) 23:46, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

That's what this disclaimer says. Clarityfiend (talk) 23:49, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

From Paul Concus: Yes, The opening sentences are a bio I wrote for UC Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL). I don't believe it's copyrighted (I wrote it myself for local consumption in Berkeley). Then I added a sentence about the Concus-Finn condition for Wikipedia. Is this not allowed? I could change or delete the LBL bio. I would appreciate specific instructions about what to do (I'm unfamiliar with Wikipedia terminology). Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.124.70.143 (talk) 02:21, 21 July 2017 (UTC) 68.124.71.167 (talk) 12:55, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Anonymous Hacking Collective Correction[edit]

I Colleen_card created the Anonymous hacking & Activist Collective in 1998, (Redacted) Welcome to the Anonymous collective, the hive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.237.75.250 (talk) 22:58, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a question about using or editing Wikipedia? That's what this help desk is for. -- John of Reading (talk) 06:43, 21 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Related autoblocks[edit]

WP:AUTOBLOCK notes that it's important for admins to review the block list, since inappropriate autoblocks (i.e. ones that we wouldn't implement intentionally, not inappropriate decisions by a blocking admin) can sometimes be detected by the same block resulting in a bunch of autoblocks in a short period of time.

Is it possible to get a list of all autoblocks associated with a single original non-auto block action? Special:AutoblockList has a few sets of entries in which each appears to be associated with the same block (the rationale, complete with the username of the blocked user, is identical), but they all have different autoblock numbers, so aside from the block rationale (which won't help much if the blocking admin just grabbed a reason from the Special:Block dropdown), I can't see a way to do this. Nyttend (talk) 23:11, 20 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]